Alert archive / Colorado / Lincoln County

Weather alerts in Lincoln County, Colorado, 2024

241 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Lincoln County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
241
Warnings
110
Watches
36
Advisories
20
Busiest month
June48 alerts
Busiest day
August 13, 202415 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 Lincoln County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them.

Lincoln County, 2024

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings20100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings713058%3385%18 min
Flash flood warnings5260%2100%39 min

Each office's whole area, 2024

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: tornado warnings27293%1520%11 min
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings29511960%33979%20 min
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: flash flood warnings32972%1479%40 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 7, 3:35 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOU11 hr
Jan 7, 3:57 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBOU10 hr
Jan 7, 1:31 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOU27 hr
Jan 7, 2:05 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOU24 hr
Jan 11, 3:10 AM MSTWind Chill WatchBOU23 hr
Jan 12, 2:10 AM MSTWind Chill WarningBOU4 days
Jan 23, 1:25 PM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryBOU20 hr
Feb 1, 2:09 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU54 hr
Feb 9, 12:47 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU40 hr
Feb 21, 3:11 AM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU15 hr
Feb 24, 1:43 PM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU34 hr
Feb 25, 2:13 AM MSTFire Weather WatchBOU11 hr
Feb 25, 1:32 PM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU28 hr
Feb 27, 9:12 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 27, 12:29 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 29, 12:10 PM MSTFire Weather WatchBOU19 hr
Feb 29, 12:33 PM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Mar 1, 6:46 AM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU36 hr
Mar 3, 4:19 AM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU14 hr
Mar 11, 2:29 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOU47 hr
Mar 12, 4:17 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU3 days
Mar 23, 3:22 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU57 hr
Mar 23, 2:55 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchBOU23 hr
Mar 24, 3:53 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOU10 hr
Mar 24, 1:55 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU19 hr
Mar 29, 1:24 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU25 hr
Mar 30, 2:14 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Apr 2, 2:33 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU47 hr
Apr 4, 4:25 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU41 hr
Apr 4, 2:58 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchBOU36 hr
Apr 5, 11:50 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU54 hr
Apr 5, 1:37 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU53 hr
Apr 14, 1:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU19 hr
Apr 14, 3:30 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU11 hr
Apr 14, 2:13 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Apr 15, 3:15 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBOU11 hr
Apr 15, 2:18 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU28 hr
Apr 20, 2:00 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOU19 hr
Apr 25, 2:47 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU17 hr
May 1, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU38 min
May 3, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU48 min
May 5, 2:05 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU12 hr
May 6, 2:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU18 hr
May 6, 2:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU18 hr
May 6, 1:24 PM MDTFreeze WatchBOU23 hr
May 7, 3:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU15 hr
May 7, 4:07 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryBOU16 hr
May 14, 4:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
May 18, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU65 min
May 18, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU38 min
May 19, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU48 min
May 21, 7:03 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryBOU13 hr
May 28, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU27 min
May 28, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU47 min
May 28, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU48 min
May 28, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
May 28, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU30 min
May 28, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU49 min
May 28, 4:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
May 28, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU25 min
May 29, 12:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
May 29, 2:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 29, 4:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
May 29, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU44 min
May 29, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU48 min
May 29, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU28 min
May 29, 7:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
May 29, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU47 min
May 30, 4:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 30, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU26 min
May 30, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU29 min
May 30, 10:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU63 min
May 30, 11:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU58 min
May 31, 12:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU45 min
May 31, 2:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
May 31, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 31, 5:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
May 31, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU42 min
May 31, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatBOU27 min
May 31, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatBOU32 min
May 31, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU33 min
May 31, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU48 min
May 31, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU34 min
May 31, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU47 min
May 31, 8:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU3 hr
May 31, 8:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 31, 9:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU28 min
May 31, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU22 min
Jun 1, 12:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jun 1, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 1, 3:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jun 7, 1:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU44 min
Jun 8, 11:51 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jun 8, 12:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 8, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU44 min
Jun 8, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU36 min
Jun 8, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU46 min
Jun 8, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatBOU41 min
Jun 8, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU32 min
Jun 8, 4:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU3 hr
Jun 8, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
Jun 8, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU47 min
Jun 8, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
Jun 8, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU30 min
Jun 8, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU14 min
Jun 8, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU51 min
Jun 8, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU24 min
Jun 8, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU41 min
Jun 8, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU28 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU49 min
Jun 8, 7:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU3 hr
Jun 13, 12:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 13, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU47 min
Jun 13, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU23 min
Jun 13, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU27 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU47 min
Jun 14, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 14, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU14 min
Jun 15, 2:32 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU27 hr
Jun 15, 2:35 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU28 hr
Jun 15, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU33 min
Jun 15, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU48 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU43 min
Jun 16, 2:42 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Jun 30, 3:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jun 30, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU34 min
Jun 30, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU31 min
Jun 30, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
Jun 30, 7:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU31 min
Jun 30, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU31 min
Jun 30, 9:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU48 min
Jul 1, 12:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU47 min
Jul 3, 12:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 3, 2:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 3, 4:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jul 3, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
Jul 3, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU47 min
Jul 3, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU41 min
Jul 3, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU22 min
Jul 3, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU47 min
Jul 7, 2:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 7, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 7, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU52 min
Jul 7, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU42 min
Jul 7, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU27 min
Jul 7, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU47 min
Jul 7, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU32 min
Jul 7, 7:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 10, 12:24 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU3 days
Jul 10, 12:24 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU4 days
Jul 11, 4:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 15, 2:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jul 16, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU24 min
Jul 17, 12:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 17, 2:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 18, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
Jul 18, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU30 min
Jul 18, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU15 min
Jul 19, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU25 min
Jul 19, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU45 min
Jul 19, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU50 min
Jul 19, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU52 min
Jul 20, 4:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 20, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU37 min
Jul 21, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU36 min
Jul 27, 3:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 1, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU39 min
Aug 1, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU30 min
Aug 2, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU46 min
Aug 2, 9:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU42 min
Aug 2, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU47 min
Aug 7, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU31 min
Aug 7, 6:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU2 hr
Aug 12, 9:50 AM MDTFlood WatchBOU14 hr
Aug 12, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU23 min
Aug 12, 6:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Aug 12, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU34 min
Aug 12, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU32 min
Aug 12, 6:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU5 min
Aug 12, 6:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU2 hr
Aug 12, 7:14 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU16 min
Aug 12, 7:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 12, 7:28 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU32 min
Aug 12, 7:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Aug 12, 8:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU2 hr
Aug 12, 10:19 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Aug 13, 10:29 AM MDTFlood WatchBOU10 hr
Aug 13, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 13, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU50 min
Aug 13, 6:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU95 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU24 min
Aug 19, 1:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Aug 19, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 19, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU50 min
Aug 19, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU39 min
Aug 19, 6:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Aug 19, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU47 min
Aug 20, 1:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 20, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU41 min
Aug 20, 7:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Aug 20, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU50 min
Aug 20, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU43 min
Aug 20, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOU42 min
Aug 20, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU36 min
Aug 20, 9:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU52 min
Aug 22, 4:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 22, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 22, 7:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 25, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU36 min
Aug 25, 9:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU36 min
Sep 10, 2:01 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
Sep 11, 2:14 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Sep 17, 1:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 17, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 17, 3:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Sep 17, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU42 min
Sep 17, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
Sep 17, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU28 min
Sep 29, 1:13 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU39 hr
Oct 3, 12:38 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryBOU19 hr
Oct 3, 2:18 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU23 hr
Oct 4, 1:27 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Oct 16, 2:31 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU11 hr
Oct 16, 1:36 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU28 hr
Oct 24, 2:56 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryBOU30 hr
Oct 24, 3:04 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU15 hr
Oct 28, 2:30 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU12 hr
Oct 28, 2:43 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU27 hr
Nov 5, 3:38 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU61 hr
Nov 5, 2:17 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOU4 days
Nov 7, 3:51 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOU10 hr
Nov 7, 6:06 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Nov 8, 5:23 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Nov 8, 12:51 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 28, 2:12 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchBOU24 hr
Dec 28, 2:27 PM MSTFire Weather WatchBOU13 hr
Dec 29, 3:35 AM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU37 hr
Dec 29, 2:17 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOU27 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

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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.