Weather alerts in Otero County, Colorado, 2015

176 weather alerts in 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 176
Warnings: 76
Watches: 22
Advisories: 19
Busiest month: May60 alerts
Busiest day: May 9, 201513 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 6 tornado warnings covering Otero County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 17 minutes after it went out.

Otero County, 2015

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	6	1	83%	1	100%	17 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	37	4	89%	6	50%	19 min
Flash flood warnings	2	1	50%	2	50%	2 min

Each office's whole area, 2015

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings	38	10	74%	14	71%	19 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings	258	63	76%	131	70%	19 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings	47	9	81%	11	91%	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 8, 3:26 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	20 hr
Jan 20, 3:50 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	35 hr
Feb 15, 4:15 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	43 hr
Feb 19, 2:53 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	PUB	24 hr
Feb 20, 3:14 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	3 days
Feb 20, 3:14 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	13 hr
Feb 21, 4:18 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	59 hr
Feb 21, 8:29 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Mar 22, 2:51 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
Mar 23, 3:04 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	28 hr
Mar 31, 3:14 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	10 hr
Mar 31, 1:00 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	30 hr
Apr 1, 12:50 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	31 hr
Apr 2, 7:55 PM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	4 hr
Apr 4, 4:04 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	35 hr
Apr 5, 2:53 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	30 hr
Apr 6, 3:00 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	13 hr
Apr 6, 3:00 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Apr 7, 4:03 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	40 hr
Apr 13, 12:01 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	3 hr
Apr 13, 3:00 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
Apr 13, 3:00 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Apr 14, 3:25 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Apr 23, 1:10 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Apr 23, 2:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	26 min
May 1, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	33 min
May 1, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	27 min
May 1, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	29 min
May 2, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	30 min
May 4, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	23 min
May 6, 4:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	116 min
May 7, 1:47 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 7, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 7, 5:14 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 7, 9:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	29 min
May 8, 12:50 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	6 days
May 8, 1:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
May 8, 2:00 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 8, 3:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	33 min
May 8, 4:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	33 min
May 8, 4:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	36 min
May 8, 4:44 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
May 8, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	25 min
May 8, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	47 min
May 8, 6:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	36 min
May 8, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	54 min
May 8, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	23 min
May 8, 6:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	2 hr
May 8, 6:55 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 8, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	29 min
May 8, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	58 min
May 8, 7:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	4 hr
May 8, 7:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	54 min
May 8, 10:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	6 hr
May 9, 11:55 AM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr
May 9, 3:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	43 min
May 9, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	41 min
May 9, 8:54 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	36 hr
May 14, 2:20 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 19, 8:44 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	13 days
May 19, 8:22 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	70 hr
May 21, 8:11 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	16 hr
May 22, 2:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
May 23, 12:27 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 23, 12:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	47 min
May 23, 12:54 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 23, 1:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	36 min
May 23, 1:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	38 min
May 23, 1:35 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	25 min
May 23, 2:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	3 hr
May 23, 2:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
May 23, 4:11 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 23, 4:37 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	32 hr
May 23, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	88 min
May 23, 9:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
May 24, 12:22 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
May 26, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	35 min
May 26, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	31 min
May 26, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	31 min
May 26, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	34 min
May 28, 1:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 28, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	41 min
May 29, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	49 min
May 31, 9:35 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	15 hr
May 31, 2:50 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 3, 9:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	47 min
Jun 3, 10:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	38 min
Jun 3, 11:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	35 min
Jun 3, 11:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	33 min
Jun 4, 4:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:20 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 5, 12:49 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 5, 1:09 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 5, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	47 min
Jun 5, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	30 min
Jun 5, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	43 min
Jun 5, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	24 min
Jun 6, 7:48 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	22 days
Jun 6, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	35 min
Jun 7, 1:36 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 7, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	50 min
Jun 10, 11:50 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	7 days
Jun 10, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	50 min
Jun 11, 11:56 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 11, 12:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 11, 2:38 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 11, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	49 min
Jun 11, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	44 min
Jun 11, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	51 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	26 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	45 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	39 min
Jun 11, 5:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	3 hr
Jun 11, 5:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	51 min
Jun 11, 6:10 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	45 min
Jun 16, 2:08 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	3 days
Jun 19, 1:39 PM MDT	River Flood Advisory	PUB	65 min
Jun 24, 2:34 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 24, 10:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	3 hr
Jun 28, 8:06 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	70 hr
Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	8 days
Jun 30, 4:12 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	9 days
Jul 1, 2:43 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 3, 12:59 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 5, 10:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	44 min
Jul 9, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	47 min
Jul 11, 8:40 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	48 hr
Jul 14, 2:20 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jul 14, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	25 min
Jul 19, 1:18 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 19, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 19, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	56 min
Jul 19, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	46 min
Jul 19, 6:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 21, 12:46 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jul 25, 3:59 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 26, 1:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	94 min
Aug 3, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	51 min
Aug 3, 11:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	57 min
Aug 7, 2:12 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 7, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	50 min
Aug 7, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 7, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	29 min
Aug 7, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	39 min
Aug 7, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	35 min
Aug 9, 6:08 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Aug 9, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	47 min
Aug 17, 1:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 17, 2:32 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 17, 4:41 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Aug 17, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	48 min
Aug 17, 6:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	23 min
Sep 13, 2:48 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
Sep 14, 2:35 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	24 hr
Sep 14, 2:35 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Sep 15, 3:03 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	29 hr
Sep 22, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	39 min
Oct 6, 6:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	51 min
Oct 6, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	45 min
Oct 27, 3:48 AM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	28 hr
Oct 28, 3:17 PM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	14 hr
Oct 30, 4:29 AM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	29 hr
Nov 2, 2:45 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	PUB	27 hr
Nov 4, 2:47 PM MST	Freeze Watch	PUB	24 hr
Nov 5, 2:39 PM MST	Freeze Warning	PUB	18 hr
Nov 6, 9:23 AM MST	Freeze Warning	PUB	23 hr
Nov 15, 2:59 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	50 hr
Nov 16, 5:12 PM MST	High Wind Warning	PUB	18 hr
Nov 16, 9:02 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	20 hr
Nov 17, 4:32 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Nov 17, 9:27 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Nov 17, 11:25 AM MST	High Wind Warning	PUB	6 hr
Nov 25, 11:04 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	70 hr
Dec 11, 4:16 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	61 hr
Dec 26, 3:52 AM MST	Blizzard Watch	PUB	11 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	37
Tornado Warning	6
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	5
Tornado Watch	5
Mesoscale Discussion	34
Special Weather Statement	25
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	13
Flash Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	5
River Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Blizzard Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	9
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	11
Fire Weather Watch	8

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2014 2016

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.