Alert archive / Colorado / Las Animas County

Weather alerts in Las Animas County, Colorado, 2009

219 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Las Animas County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
219
Warnings
107
Watches
40
Advisories
38
Busiest month
July72 alerts
Busiest day
July 29, 200914 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

2 of 5 tornado warnings covering Las Animas County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.

Las Animas County, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings5260%1100%15 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings691775%1974%21 min
Flash flood warnings50100%0

Each office's whole area, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings25484%1136%14 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings2067464%18181%25 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings11464%1362%27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 3:00 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB30 hr
Jan 8, 2:19 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB31 hr
Jan 18, 3:53 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB12 hr
Jan 19, 4:08 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB14 hr
Jan 25, 3:20 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB37 hr
Feb 5, 10:27 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB9 hr
Feb 5, 7:53 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB23 hr
Feb 6, 4:00 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUB19 hr
Feb 7, 10:49 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB35 hr
Feb 9, 2:11 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUB33 hr
Feb 9, 2:11 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB31 hr
Feb 15, 2:06 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB20 hr
Feb 16, 5:19 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB13 hr
Feb 16, 9:54 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB32 hr
Feb 20, 4:11 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB15 hr
Feb 22, 8:32 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB8 hr
Feb 23, 4:41 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB13 hr
Feb 25, 4:17 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB15 hr
Feb 25, 3:32 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB13 hr
Feb 26, 4:17 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB14 hr
Mar 2, 3:55 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB12 hr
Mar 2, 3:14 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB42 hr
Mar 2, 3:14 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB27 hr
Mar 3, 3:45 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Mar 3, 3:45 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB27 hr
Mar 4, 3:24 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB40 hr
Mar 4, 3:24 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB28 hr
Mar 5, 10:29 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningPUB5 hr
Mar 6, 4:19 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB23 hr
Mar 6, 4:19 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB14 hr
Mar 8, 4:25 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB23 hr
Mar 8, 2:24 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB5 hr
Mar 9, 3:41 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB16 hr
Mar 9, 4:04 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB13 hr
Mar 10, 4:35 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB14 hr
Mar 12, 3:57 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB23 hr
Mar 14, 4:36 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB23 hr
Mar 15, 4:04 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB16 hr
Mar 21, 4:07 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB11 hr
Mar 21, 2:52 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB30 hr
Mar 22, 2:59 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB13 hr
Mar 23, 3:43 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB15 hr
Mar 24, 3:37 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUB38 hr
Mar 25, 3:47 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUB48 hr
Mar 25, 5:27 PM MDTBlizzard WatchPUB12 hr
Mar 26, 5:31 AM MDTBlizzard WarningPUB38 hr
Mar 26, 10:35 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Mar 26, 5:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 26, 10:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 27, 1:55 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Apr 3, 3:59 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB44 hr
Apr 6, 3:22 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB13 hr
Apr 7, 4:40 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB11 hr
Apr 7, 3:25 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB30 hr
Apr 11, 4:01 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB35 hr
Apr 12, 8:06 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUB13 hr
Apr 15, 4:43 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUB30 hr
Apr 15, 3:24 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUB69 hr
May 1, 7:22 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryPUB15 hr
May 8, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB61 min
May 21, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB2 hr
May 21, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB67 min
May 21, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB33 min
May 21, 2:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 21, 3:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
May 21, 3:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
May 21, 4:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
May 25, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB94 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB57 min
Jun 1, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB35 min
Jun 4, 12:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 4, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 4, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB64 min
Jun 4, 5:07 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB42 min
Jun 4, 5:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 11, 11:34 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 11, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 11, 5:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jun 12, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 12, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 13, 2:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 13, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB67 min
Jun 13, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 13, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB23 min
Jun 13, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB46 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB61 min
Jun 13, 9:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB66 min
Jun 13, 10:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB60 min
Jun 13, 11:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB83 min
Jun 14, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB53 min
Jun 20, 1:19 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jun 24, 5:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 4, 1:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 5, 1:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 5, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 5, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB51 min
Jul 5, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB40 min
Jul 5, 5:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 5, 6:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jul 6, 12:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 6, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB54 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 6, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jul 6, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB54 min
Jul 10, 2:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 15, 1:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jul 15, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB44 min
Jul 15, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
Jul 15, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB60 min
Jul 17, 2:53 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 17, 6:41 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB64 min
Jul 17, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB57 min
Jul 18, 1:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 18, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 19, 1:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 19, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 19, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB56 min
Jul 19, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB38 min
Jul 19, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB40 min
Jul 21, 3:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 21, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB62 min
Jul 21, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB56 min
Jul 21, 4:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 21, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB46 min
Jul 21, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB67 min
Jul 21, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB45 min
Jul 25, 2:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 25, 7:50 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUB3 hr
Jul 25, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB114 min
Jul 25, 8:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 25, 8:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB6 hr
Jul 26, 10:39 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUB10 hr
Jul 26, 2:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB2 hr
Jul 26, 3:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
Jul 26, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB2 hr
Jul 26, 5:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
Jul 26, 6:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 26, 6:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 28, 12:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jul 28, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 28, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB56 min
Jul 28, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
Jul 28, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB84 min
Jul 28, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB65 min
Jul 28, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 28, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB54 min
Jul 28, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB63 min
Jul 29, 12:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 29, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
Jul 29, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB60 min
Jul 29, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB23 min
Jul 29, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB65 min
Jul 29, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB60 min
Jul 29, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB54 min
Jul 29, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB64 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB39 min
Jul 29, 5:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 29, 5:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jul 29, 5:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 29, 7:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 31, 1:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 31, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB96 min
Aug 1, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB29 min
Aug 5, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB43 min
Aug 5, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB55 min
Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 5, 7:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Aug 5, 11:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB61 min
Aug 6, 1:01 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Aug 10, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB63 min
Aug 11, 1:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB92 min
Aug 17, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB53 min
Aug 17, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB67 min
Aug 18, 11:41 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 18, 12:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 18, 12:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB60 min
Aug 18, 1:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB66 min
Aug 18, 1:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB66 min
Aug 18, 2:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB59 min
Aug 18, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB64 min
Aug 18, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB53 min
Aug 18, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB91 min
Aug 18, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB34 min
Aug 18, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB62 min
Aug 18, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB31 min
Aug 18, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB40 min
Aug 26, 5:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB94 min
Aug 29, 2:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 29, 6:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Aug 30, 2:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 30, 4:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Aug 30, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB33 min
Aug 30, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
Aug 30, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ38 min
Sep 1, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ32 min
Sep 5, 3:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB2 hr
Sep 21, 9:07 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUB12 hr
Oct 1, 4:15 AM MDTFreeze WarningPUB29 hr
Oct 10, 8:01 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB4 hr
Oct 19, 3:38 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUB19 hr
Oct 20, 10:19 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUB35 hr
Oct 20, 2:50 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUB6 hr
Oct 20, 2:50 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB33 hr
Oct 24, 9:29 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB27 hr
Oct 27, 3:37 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUB12 hr
Oct 27, 3:33 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB53 hr
Nov 12, 4:03 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUB3 days
Nov 13, 10:50 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUB35 hr
Dec 2, 4:38 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB30 hr
Dec 6, 5:13 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUB60 hr
Dec 6, 8:32 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB62 hr
Dec 8, 3:20 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryPUB41 hr
Dec 21, 8:45 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB66 hr
Dec 22, 5:19 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUB6 hr
Dec 24, 2:37 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryPUB17 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive20082010

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.