Alert archive / Colorado / Otero County
Weather alerts in Otero County, Colorado, 2024
220 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 220
- Warnings
- 94
- Watches
- 37
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest month
- July61 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 3, 202422 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, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 53 | 11 | 79% | 9 | 67% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 2 | 50% | 3 min |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0% | |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 320 | 51 | 84% | 120 | 71% | 17 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings | 26 | 4 | 85% | 6 | 67% | 30 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 7, 3:54 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:10 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | 47 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:45 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 26 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:52 AM MST | Wind Chill Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:59 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | PUB | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 2:39 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 20 hr |
| Feb 2, 5:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 36 min |
| Feb 9, 2:25 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 38 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:44 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 21 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:11 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:47 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 27 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:16 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:51 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 31 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | 60 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:07 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 21 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:07 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 32 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:20 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:08 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 27 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:07 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PUB | 38 min |
| Feb 27, 2:59 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Feb 27, 4:57 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 5:14 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 3:46 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:38 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:38 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 40 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:51 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 39 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:19 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 63 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:56 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 41 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:42 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:42 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 48 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 54 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:16 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:55 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:20 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:56 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:52 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 42 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:22 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:15 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 40 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:39 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 35 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:43 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| May 3, 1:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 4, 2:14 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| May 5, 3:57 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 42 hr |
| May 5, 2:35 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| May 6, 3:44 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 39 hr |
| May 6, 3:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 42 hr |
| May 7, 3:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 39 hr |
| May 14, 4:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 18, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| May 29, 12:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 29, 2:27 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 29, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 30, 4:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 30, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| May 30, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| May 31, 2:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 31, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 37 min |
| May 31, 5:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 31, 8:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 31, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 45 min |
| May 31, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 12:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 1, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 3:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 12:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 9:14 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:50 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | 21 days |
| Jun 12, 1:13 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | PUB | 30 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:41 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | 5 days |
| Jun 14, 1:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 1:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 1:55 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:09 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:09 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:21 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 2:25 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | PUB | 41 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 3:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 30, 6:51 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | PUB | 14 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 3:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 8:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 11:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 11:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 12:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 12:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 12:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 1:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 1:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 4:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:37 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 2:57 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 7:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 107 min |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | PUB | 3 days |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | PUB | 4 days |
| Jul 14, 2:31 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | PUB | 27 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 2:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 16, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 4:01 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 18, 8:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 4:16 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 20, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 10:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 9:36 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 4:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 7:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 8:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 1:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 19, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 1:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 20, 7:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 24, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 2:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 2:24 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 12:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 12:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Sep 17, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Oct 20, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 33 min |
| Oct 20, 10:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 52 min |
| Oct 25, 2:14 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 18 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:25 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:08 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:11 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:22 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:24 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:39 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:18 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 44 hr |
| Nov 5, 4:31 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 4 days |
| Nov 7, 6:06 AM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 5:23 AM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 12:51 PM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:11 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:09 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 39 hr |
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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.