Alert archive / Colorado / Otero County

Weather alerts in Otero County, Colorado, 2016

141 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
141
Warnings
66
Watches
26
Advisories
5
Busiest month
July37 alerts
Busiest day
June 13, 20167 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, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings371073%1984%27 min
Flash flood warnings20100%10%

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings20670%1369%20 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings2939269%23983%20 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings37684%2190%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 18, 4:14 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryPUB6 hr
Jan 29, 4:12 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUB4 days
Jan 30, 4:28 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUB33 hr
Feb 16, 11:14 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB28 hr
Feb 17, 3:03 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB28 hr
Feb 25, 2:41 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Feb 26, 2:19 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB29 hr
Mar 1, 3:54 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB11 hr
Mar 1, 2:57 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB28 hr
Mar 5, 2:59 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB26 hr
Mar 6, 3:59 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB38 hr
Mar 13, 3:47 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB8 hr
Mar 13, 11:59 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB31 hr
Mar 13, 3:17 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Mar 14, 3:04 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB29 hr
Mar 20, 3:13 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Mar 21, 2:51 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB29 hr
Mar 22, 2:51 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUB30 hr
Mar 28, 9:40 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB34 hr
Apr 3, 4:06 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB34 hr
Apr 4, 2:33 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB29 hr
Apr 13, 3:11 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB28 hr
Apr 22, 3:21 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB29 hr
Apr 30, 2:51 PM MDTFreeze WarningPUB17 hr
May 11, 2:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 26, 12:04 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 26, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB53 min
May 26, 2:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB58 min
May 29, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB33 min
May 31, 9:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB91 min
May 31, 9:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
May 31, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB62 min
May 31, 10:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jun 6, 12:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 6, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB23 min
Jun 6, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB41 min
Jun 7, 1:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB32 min
Jun 7, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB23 min
Jun 7, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB35 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB51 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 12, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB46 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB35 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB47 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jun 13, 11:18 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jun 13, 1:27 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 13, 6:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 23, 4:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 23, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB57 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB57 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB54 min
Jun 23, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 23, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB27 min
Jun 24, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB51 min
Jun 25, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB57 min
Jun 25, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB56 min
Jun 28, 9:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 28, 9:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 29, 12:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB37 min
Jul 1, 9:47 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUB14 hr
Jul 1, 2:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB12 min
Jul 1, 4:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 1, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB40 min
Jul 2, 11:55 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 3, 1:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 8, 3:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 4:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB33 min
Jul 8, 5:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB50 min
Jul 8, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 12, 2:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB50 min
Jul 14, 12:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 14, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 14, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB51 min
Jul 14, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB52 min
Jul 14, 7:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC26 min
Jul 15, 4:47 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUB115 min
Jul 18, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB45 min
Jul 23, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB55 min
Jul 23, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB38 min
Jul 24, 1:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 25, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB27 min
Jul 25, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB44 min
Jul 25, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB65 min
Jul 25, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB45 min
Jul 25, 7:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB119 min
Jul 25, 8:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB50 min
Jul 27, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB23 min
Jul 27, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB61 min
Jul 28, 1:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 28, 7:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB47 min
Jul 28, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 28, 10:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 29, 2:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 30, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB51 min
Aug 6, 2:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Aug 7, 1:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 4:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Aug 16, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB60 min
Aug 16, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB24 min
Aug 25, 9:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Sep 2, 2:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Sep 6, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB55 min
Sep 6, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB28 min
Sep 6, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB41 min
Sep 14, 12:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 14, 1:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB26 min
Sep 14, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB33 min
Sep 14, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB36 min
Sep 14, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB36 min
Sep 14, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB23 min
Sep 14, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB17 min
Sep 17, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB45 min
Sep 17, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB41 min
Sep 17, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Sep 21, 2:51 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Sep 22, 3:00 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB29 hr
Oct 1, 2:43 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB13 hr
Oct 2, 3:47 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB39 hr
Oct 6, 4:19 AM MDTFreeze WarningPUB28 hr
Oct 14, 2:53 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Oct 15, 3:21 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Oct 15, 3:21 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB30 hr
Oct 16, 2:51 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB30 hr
Oct 18, 4:22 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB15 hr
Oct 18, 2:54 PM MDTFreeze WatchPUB25 hr
Nov 7, 2:19 PM MSTFreeze WatchPUB20 hr
Nov 8, 10:25 AM MSTFreeze WarningPUB22 hr
Nov 14, 2:58 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Nov 15, 2:53 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB24 hr
Nov 15, 2:53 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB28 hr
Nov 16, 2:49 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB27 hr
Dec 14, 3:00 PM MSTFire Weather WatchPUB18 hr
Dec 15, 4:16 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB59 hr
Dec 15, 8:57 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB33 hr
Dec 25, 4:14 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningPUB19 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.