Alert archive / New Mexico / Lea County
Weather alerts in Lea County, New Mexico, 2019
191 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Lea County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 191
- Warnings
- 64
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 48
- Busiest month
- June57 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 13, 201910 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 4 tornado warnings covering Lea County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them.
Lea County, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 45 | 18 | 60% | 22 | 77% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: tornado warnings | 53 | 8 | 85% | 15 | 60% | 18 min |
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 413 | 126 | 69% | 306 | 72% | 22 min |
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: flash flood warnings | 32 | 10 | 69% | 15 | 80% | 62 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 17, 1:17 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 31 hr |
| Jan 18, 8:18 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:03 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 28 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:24 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 18 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:23 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 29 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:45 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 14 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:11 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:47 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 27 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:18 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 17 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:02 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 35 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:59 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:59 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 54 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:59 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 6:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 7:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 8:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 4:17 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 26 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:58 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 48 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:15 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 39 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:14 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 16 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 10:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| May 1, 7:23 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 97 min |
| May 3, 12:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 3, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 42 min |
| May 4, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 45 min |
| May 4, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 58 min |
| May 5, 2:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 5, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 50 min |
| May 7, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 51 min |
| May 7, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 39 min |
| May 7, 9:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 13, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 40 min |
| May 16, 8:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 50 min |
| May 16, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 40 min |
| May 18, 1:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 37 hr |
| May 19, 10:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 20, 12:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 20, 2:31 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 24 hr |
| May 21, 7:22 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 11 hr |
| May 23, 9:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 57 min |
| May 23, 10:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 43 min |
| May 25, 11:12 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 12:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 25, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 54 min |
| May 25, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 63 min |
| May 25, 4:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 26, 12:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 31, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 7:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 91 min |
| Jun 1, 9:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 10:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 11:40 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 8:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 8:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 114 min |
| Jun 3, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 8:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 1:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 7:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 8:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 1:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:01 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 8:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:57 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 17, 8:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 9:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 17, 11:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 12:08 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 12:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 1:08 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 6:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 113 min |
| Jul 3, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 7:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 1:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 3:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 117 min |
| Aug 18, 2:09 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | MAF | 17 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:04 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | MAF | 29 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:20 AM MDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MAF | 17 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:00 PM MDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MAF | 23 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:00 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | MAF | 23 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 6:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 119 min |
| Sep 11, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 48 min |
| Sep 20, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 4:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 44 min |
| Sep 27, 9:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 52 min |
| Sep 28, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 52 min |
| Sep 28, 4:59 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Sep 28, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 48 min |
| Sep 28, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 43 min |
| Sep 28, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 52 min |
| Sep 28, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 39 min |
| Sep 29, 3:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Sep 29, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 66 min |
| Sep 29, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 39 min |
| Sep 29, 6:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 8:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 49 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 7:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:09 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 15 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:22 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 24 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:00 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | MAF | 19 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:29 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | MAF | 12 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:26 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | MAF | 30 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:26 AM MDT | Hard Freeze Warning | MAF | 30 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:41 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | 10 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:43 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 6 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:51 AM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 40 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:37 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | 29 hr |
| Nov 29, 6:35 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:52 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 10:18 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 42 min |
| Dec 12, 2:11 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:38 PM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 40 min |
| Dec 27, 9:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 10:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 37 min |
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 | 45 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Special Weather Statement | 32 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 24 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 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.