Alert archive / Colorado / Ouray County

Weather alerts in Ouray County, Colorado, 2026

100 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Ouray County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
100
Warnings
37
Watches
26
Advisories
36
Busiest month
June32 alerts
Busiest day
July 29, 20265 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

Ouray County, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings20100%0
Flash flood warnings7443%2060%125 min

Each office's whole area, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Grand Junction, CO: tornado warnings10100%10%
NWS Grand Junction, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings45589%2839%22 min
NWS Grand Junction, CO: flash flood warnings1322780%10345%75 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

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, 2:29 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT57 hr
Jan 9, 1:51 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningGJT9 hr
Jan 21, 1:58 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT3 days
Feb 15, 12:21 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningGJT4 days
Feb 19, 11:24 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT33 hr
Mar 4, 12:37 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT59 hr
Mar 28, 10:00 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT46 hr
Mar 30, 12:06 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT57 hr
May 4, 11:24 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT55 hr
May 10, 10:03 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
May 11, 10:29 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT47 hr
May 14, 10:38 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
May 15, 10:39 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
May 27, 12:12 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
May 27, 12:12 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT32 hr
May 28, 11:19 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 4, 11:25 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT49 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT59 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT58 hr
Jun 8, 11:17 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT49 hr
Jun 8, 11:17 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT59 hr
Jun 10, 11:51 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
Jun 11, 10:23 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT35 hr
Jun 14, 11:34 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT32 hr
Jun 15, 10:36 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT25 hr
Jun 15, 10:36 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 18, 12:11 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
Jun 19, 11:41 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 20, 10:41 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT45 hr
Jun 21, 10:15 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT14 hr
Jun 22, 11:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT22 hr
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT3 days
Jun 25, 11:08 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
Jun 26, 10:58 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT59 hr
Jun 27, 12:05 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT34 hr
Jun 28, 12:07 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT3 hr
Jun 28, 10:04 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT14 hr
Jun 28, 10:04 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT22 hr
Jun 29, 11:43 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 29, 9:46 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT16 hr
Jun 30, 1:19 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
Jun 30, 1:19 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jul 1, 12:34 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jul 2, 12:46 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jul 13, 3:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT5 hr
Jul 14, 3:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Jul 15, 5:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT117 min
Jul 16, 1:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT6 hr
Jul 17, 2:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT5 hr
Jul 18, 2:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT5 hr
Jul 19, 9:11 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT11 hr
Jul 20, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT27 min
Jul 21, 9:59 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT11 hr
Jul 21, 5:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Jul 22, 1:17 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT26 hr
Jul 22, 11:04 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT10 hr
Jul 22, 10:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT104 min
Jul 23, 3:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Jul 24, 2:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT4 hr
Jul 24, 3:12 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT4 hr
Jul 26, 1:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Jul 26, 1:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT2 hr
Jul 26, 4:02 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT3 hr
Jul 27, 1:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT5 hr
Jul 27, 5:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT117 min
Jul 28, 12:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT8 hr
Jul 28, 9:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT5 hr
Jul 29, 3:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT24 min
Jul 29, 3:31 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatGJT5 hr
Jul 29, 3:51 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT4 hr
Jul 29, 3:55 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT3 hr
Aug 5, 9:41 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT22 hr
Aug 11, 3:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Aug 12, 11:46 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT12 hr
Aug 12, 12:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT6 hr
Aug 13, 12:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchGJT9 hr
Aug 13, 2:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Aug 19, 12:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Aug 21, 12:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Aug 22, 1:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT78 min
Aug 22, 2:49 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT3 hr
Aug 23, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT4 hr
Aug 24, 3:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT4 hr
Aug 29, 12:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchGJT11 hr
Aug 30, 4:18 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT41 hr
Sep 14, 3:44 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT5 hr
Sep 14, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJT16 min
Sep 14, 2:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT4 hr
Sep 15, 10:44 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT61 hr
Sep 15, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJT33 min
Sep 16, 4:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT4 hr
Sep 16, 9:17 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT3 hr
Sep 19, 2:26 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT86 min
Sep 27, 12:45 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT3 days

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

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive2025

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.