Alert archive / New Mexico / Hidalgo County
Weather alerts in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 2020
86 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hidalgo County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 86
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 34
- Busiest month
- June26 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 27, 20207 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Hidalgo County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 5 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS El Paso, TX: tornado warnings | 0 | 2 | 0% | |||
| NWS El Paso, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 46 | 6 | 87% | 30 | 30% | 34 min |
| NWS El Paso, TX: flash flood warnings | 8 | 1 | 88% | 2 | 100% | 4 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 1, 2:43 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | 23 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:17 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 31 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:19 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | EPZ | 45 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | 51 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:01 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | 42 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:39 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 40 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 9 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:02 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:55 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 33 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:00 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 12:31 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:45 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 17 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 16 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 17 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 18 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| May 5, 5:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 33 hr |
| May 6, 2:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
| May 18, 3:28 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| May 19, 3:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 17 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:43 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | EPZ | 53 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:33 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:41 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 3:46 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 5:16 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 119 min |
| Jun 5, 8:00 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 22 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 41 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:58 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 1:43 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 4:31 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 2:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 1:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:34 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Jun 27, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 3:43 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 2:37 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 11 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:35 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 27 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:49 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | EPZ | 64 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:09 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | EPZ | 5 days |
| Jul 14, 8:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 9:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 6:48 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 5:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 5:41 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:10 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:56 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 39 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:52 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 20 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 1:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 2:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 6:12 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 6:10 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 6:29 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 47 min |
| Sep 9, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 38 min |
| Sep 26, 2:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 28 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:54 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 34 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:16 AM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | 119 min |
| Oct 25, 5:32 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:29 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | 15 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:36 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | 48 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:37 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | EPZ | 19 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:34 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 18 hr |
| Nov 8, 5:02 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 36 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:39 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 32 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 | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 7 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Dust Storm Warning | 4 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 1 |
| Dust Storm Advisory | 12 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 15 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.