Weather alerts in Otero County, Colorado, 2014

194 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Otero County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 194
Warnings: 53
Watches: 37
Advisories: 27
Busiest month: June55 alerts
Busiest day: June 6, 20147 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

Otero County, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	15	3	80%	7	29%	5 min
Flash flood warnings	4	1	75%	3	100%	119 min

Each office's whole area, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings	17	4	76%	7	71%	12 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings	189	54	71%	124	66%	15 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings	76	17	78%	48	88%	64 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
Feb 2, 3:14 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	PUB	13 hr
Feb 2, 3:14 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	56 hr
Feb 3, 4:00 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	32 hr
Feb 5, 5:37 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	PUB	5 hr
Feb 5, 2:52 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	PUB	19 hr
Feb 11, 8:42 AM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	PUB	2 hr
Feb 16, 1:13 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	6 hr
Feb 19, 3:52 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	11 hr
Feb 28, 4:02 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	61 hr
Mar 11, 4:38 AM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	14 hr
Mar 15, 12:57 PM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	7 hr
Mar 16, 3:23 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	8 hr
Mar 16, 10:55 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	33 hr
Mar 17, 3:27 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	PUB	6 hr
Mar 17, 5:56 PM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	2 hr
Mar 17, 9:47 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	PUB	20 hr
Mar 17, 9:47 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	PUB	20 hr
Mar 25, 4:13 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	11 hr
Mar 25, 3:08 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Mar 26, 3:49 PM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	2 hr
Mar 28, 2:53 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
Mar 29, 2:49 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Mar 30, 2:50 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	27 hr
Mar 31, 4:30 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	10 hr
Mar 31, 2:57 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Apr 1, 3:14 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Apr 12, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	43 min
Apr 21, 3:08 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	30 hr
Apr 22, 9:31 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	34 hr
Apr 22, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	36 min
Apr 22, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	31 min
Apr 22, 4:14 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 24, 3:01 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
Apr 25, 2:47 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	30 hr
Apr 28, 2:51 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	PUB	6 hr
Apr 28, 9:15 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	PUB	22 hr
Apr 29, 8:42 AM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	2 hr
Apr 29, 10:45 AM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	PUB	8 hr
Apr 30, 2:59 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	17 hr
May 1, 11:55 AM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	20 hr
May 5, 11:23 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	17 hr
May 5, 11:23 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	35 hr
May 6, 3:55 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	42 hr
May 9, 3:55 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	28 hr
May 11, 3:50 AM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	28 hr
May 12, 4:12 AM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	28 hr
May 13, 4:01 AM MDT	Freeze Watch	PUB	11 hr
May 13, 2:46 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	16 hr
May 17, 2:54 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
May 18, 2:38 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
May 21, 1:42 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
May 21, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 21, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	26 min
May 22, 11:32 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
May 22, 11:53 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 22, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	43 min
May 23, 4:21 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
May 29, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	32 min
May 29, 5:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	36 min
Jun 2, 4:01 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	11 hr
Jun 2, 2:42 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Jun 5, 2:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 5, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 5, 6:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 5, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	51 min
Jun 5, 10:49 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jun 6, 11:56 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 6, 12:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 6, 2:32 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 6, 5:13 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 7, 1:58 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 7, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	33 min
Jun 7, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	33 min
Jun 7, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	33 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	26 min
Jun 8, 11:31 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 8, 12:19 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 8, 2:22 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	50 min
Jun 8, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	52 min
Jun 11, 3:02 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 11, 6:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	25 min
Jun 12, 1:44 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jun 13, 2:15 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Jun 13, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	29 min
Jun 13, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	33 min
Jun 13, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	40 min
Jun 13, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	52 min
Jun 22, 1:22 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 22, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 22, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	22 min
Jun 22, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	32 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	16 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	30 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	54 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, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	58 min
Jun 23, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	53 min
Jun 23, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	52 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	31 min
Jun 23, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	26 min
Jun 23, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	44 min
Jun 24, 1:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 24, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 24, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	30 min
Jun 24, 5:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	37 min
Jun 24, 7:13 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jun 24, 10:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	28 min
Jun 25, 1:28 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 25, 2:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 25, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	53 min
Jun 25, 5:51 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 26, 5:50 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 1, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	36 min
Jul 12, 7:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	24 min
Jul 12, 7:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
Jul 12, 8:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	5 hr
Jul 13, 12:44 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	28 hr
Jul 13, 1:24 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	5 hr
Jul 13, 4:23 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	17 hr
Jul 14, 11:48 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Jul 14, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 14, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	30 min
Jul 14, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	28 min
Jul 14, 4:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	5 hr
Jul 14, 6:03 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 15, 3:07 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	23 min
Jul 15, 1:29 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 15, 2:26 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	35 hr
Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	23 min
Jul 16, 11:29 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	13 hr
Jul 16, 12:33 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 16, 6:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	3 hr
Jul 16, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	30 min
Jul 16, 10:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:38 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	67 hr
Jul 18, 2:44 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 19, 2:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 19, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	36 min
Jul 21, 2:18 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 25, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	40 min
Jul 26, 12:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	36 hr
Jul 27, 7:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	119 min
Jul 27, 8:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	2 hr
Jul 27, 9:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:39 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:21 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	19 hr
Jul 28, 2:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	33 hr
Jul 29, 11:51 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	18 hr
Jul 30, 3:06 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	3 hr
Aug 1, 5:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
Aug 7, 12:51 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 1:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 7, 3:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	28 min
Aug 7, 3:48 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Aug 7, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	49 min
Aug 7, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	31 min
Aug 7, 6:12 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Aug 9, 3:42 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Aug 10, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	37 min
Aug 10, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	23 min
Aug 10, 5:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	6 hr
Aug 10, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	37 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	32 min
Aug 17, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	31 min
Aug 22, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	26 min
Aug 25, 7:43 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Aug 25, 10:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	29 hr
Aug 26, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	17 min
Sep 29, 11:56 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 29, 1:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Sep 29, 2:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Sep 29, 6:00 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Oct 3, 2:43 PM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	18 hr
Oct 12, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	25 min
Oct 13, 9:16 AM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	23 hr
Oct 26, 3:06 PM MDT	Freeze Watch	PUB	23 hr
Oct 27, 2:32 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	17 hr
Oct 28, 7:07 AM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	26 hr
Oct 30, 2:51 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	17 hr
Nov 3, 3:53 AM MST	Freeze Watch	PUB	11 hr
Nov 3, 2:54 PM MST	Freeze Warning	PUB	17 hr
Nov 4, 11:36 AM MST	Freeze Warning	PUB	20 hr
Nov 15, 10:12 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Dec 12, 7:50 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	PUB	13 hr
Dec 22, 9:15 AM MST	High Wind Watch	PUB	4 hr
Dec 22, 1:44 PM MST	High Wind Warning	PUB	27 hr
Dec 24, 3:39 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	47 hr
Dec 28, 4:32 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	47 hr
Dec 29, 3:23 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	PUB	28 hr
Dec 30, 3:53 AM MST	Wind Chill Warning	PUB	28 hr
Dec 30, 3:53 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	PUB	28 hr

By product

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

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	39
Special Weather Statement	38
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	4
River Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Watch	8
Areal Flood Advisory	8
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	9
Wind Chill Warning	1
Freeze Watch	3
Frost Advisory	3
Wind Chill Advisory	4
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	2
High Wind Warning	3
High Wind Watch	3
Blowing Dust Advisory	6
Fire
Red Flag Warning	13
Fire Weather Watch	10
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2013 2015

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.