Alert archive / Colorado / Larimer County
Weather alerts in Larimer County, Colorado, 2014
210 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Larimer County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 210
- Warnings
- 72
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 74
- Busiest month
- July45 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 29, 201410 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Larimer County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Larimer County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 20 | 9 | 55% | 37 | 46% | 10 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 15 | 6 | 60% | 10 | 70% | 26 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: tornado warnings | 83 | 23 | 72% | 56 | 63% | 13 min |
| NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 277 | 94 | 66% | 293 | 63% | 16 min |
| NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: flash flood warnings | 41 | 9 | 78% | 22 | 59% | 33 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:10 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 48 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:10 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 48 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:31 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 61 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:04 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 50 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:08 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 9 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:41 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 51 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:13 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 21 hr |
| Jan 12, 8:09 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 20 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:06 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 29 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:06 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 8 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:33 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 10 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:14 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:36 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 61 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:45 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:31 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 16 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:22 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 14 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:22 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | BOU | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:44 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOU | 20 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:24 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 15 hr |
| Feb 7, 6:31 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 70 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:24 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOU | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:34 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 7 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:59 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOU | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:02 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 7:20 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 14 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:51 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 43 hr |
| Feb 12, 9:00 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 18 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:29 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 27 hr |
| Feb 14, 7:14 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 29 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:56 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 19 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:47 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:37 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:23 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 8 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:08 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 22 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:07 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 39 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:23 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:23 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:51 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 20 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:26 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOU | 10 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:49 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:01 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:44 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 11 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:58 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 45 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:06 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 21 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:32 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 34 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:37 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 25 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:25 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 30 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:38 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:13 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:32 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 31 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:50 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 25 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:51 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 32 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:51 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 32 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:20 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 16 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:07 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | 41 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:01 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 39 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:30 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:00 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | 23 hr |
| May 7, 12:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 7, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 45 min |
| May 7, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 27 min |
| May 7, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 7, 6:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 7, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 36 min |
| May 9, 4:30 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 49 hr |
| May 9, 5:28 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOU | 4 hr |
| May 10, 6:00 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 54 hr |
| May 12, 4:32 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOU | 27 hr |
| May 13, 3:14 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOU | 16 hr |
| May 20, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 21, 12:34 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 22, 12:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 22, 12:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 22, 12:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 38 min |
| May 22, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 40 min |
| May 22, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 44 min |
| May 22, 2:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | 27 min |
| May 22, 2:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | 24 min |
| May 23, 4:26 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | BOU | 38 hr |
| May 23, 5:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 3 hr |
| May 23, 7:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOU | 4 hr |
| May 23, 11:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 96 min |
| May 24, 5:50 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOU | 17 hr |
| May 25, 10:24 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | BOU | 30 hr |
| May 25, 12:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 87 min |
| May 25, 2:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 117 min |
| May 25, 2:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 2 hr |
| May 26, 7:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 24 hr |
| May 28, 12:10 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | BOU | 6 days |
| May 30, 5:17 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOU | 15 hr |
| May 30, 3:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:07 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | BOU | 59 hr |
| May 31, 6:21 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOU | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 31, 6:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 112 min |
| Jun 3, 11:34 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | BOU | 6 days |
| Jun 14, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 4:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 97 min |
| Jun 23, 1:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 8:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 92 min |
| Jun 24, 8:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 10:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 11:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 11:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 12:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 87 min |
| Jul 3, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 118 min |
| Jul 7, 6:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 92 min |
| Jul 7, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 8:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 1:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 118 min |
| Jul 12, 3:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 89 min |
| Jul 12, 4:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 88 min |
| Jul 12, 4:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 5:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 93 min |
| Jul 13, 6:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 96 min |
| Jul 14, 3:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 7:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 86 min |
| Jul 14, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 7:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 116 min |
| Jul 14, 8:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 1:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 3:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 118 min |
| Jul 21, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 2:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 1:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOU | 52 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 12:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 88 min |
| Jul 29, 12:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:53 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 112 min |
| Aug 4, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 2:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 88 min |
| Aug 9, 8:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 92 min |
| Aug 14, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 1:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 23, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | 54 min |
| Sep 12, 10:22 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | BOU | 21 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:19 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 21 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:57 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | BOU | 17 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:27 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | BOU | 18 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:39 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 33 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:05 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | BOU | 12 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:06 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | BOU | 22 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:14 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | BOU | 23 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:21 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOU | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:44 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOU | 18 hr |
| Nov 2, 5:49 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 31 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:32 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOU | 11 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:35 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 15 hr |
| Nov 12, 5:12 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOU | 16 hr |
| Nov 12, 5:12 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 35 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:39 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 38 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:30 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 14 hr |
| Nov 18, 5:46 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 15 hr |
| Nov 21, 4:06 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 16 hr |
| Nov 21, 7:50 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 69 hr |
| Nov 24, 4:06 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 12 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:30 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 45 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:56 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 29 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:26 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 20 hr |
| Nov 29, 10:31 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | 17 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:07 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 39 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:55 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 26 hr |
| Dec 20, 10:12 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 62 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:01 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:43 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | 9 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:38 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | 37 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:38 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | 37 hr |
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.