Alert archive / New Mexico / Lea County

Weather alerts in Lea County, New Mexico, 2023

249 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Lea County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
249
Warnings
97
Watches
32
Advisories
52
Busiest month
May49 alerts
Busiest day
October 2, 202319 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 4 tornado warnings covering Lea County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Lea County, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings4175%20%
Severe thunderstorm warnings591771%4691%31 min
Flash flood warnings5180%1100%138 min

Each office's whole area, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: tornado warnings17571%1856%13 min
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings34810071%25573%26 min
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: flash flood warnings882275%3871%63 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 1, 8:02 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF21 hr
Jan 10, 1:46 AM MSTFire Weather WatchMAF10 hr
Jan 10, 11:49 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Jan 10, 12:12 PM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF31 hr
Jan 14, 12:33 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF34 hr
Jan 16, 1:52 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF19 hr
Jan 17, 1:08 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Jan 22, 5:43 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF29 hr
Jan 23, 1:45 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMAF39 hr
Jan 30, 1:06 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMAF67 hr
Feb 12, 12:00 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningMAF3 days
Feb 13, 2:08 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF39 hr
Feb 14, 1:08 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF34 hr
Feb 20, 1:12 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningMAF3 days
Feb 20, 1:12 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF17 hr
Feb 21, 2:02 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchMAF12 hr
Feb 24, 2:15 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchMAF24 hr
Feb 25, 2:15 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningMAF67 hr
Feb 26, 1:43 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMAF5 hr
Feb 26, 12:06 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF114 min
Feb 26, 2:10 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF35 min
Feb 26, 2:22 PM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF6 hr
Feb 26, 2:53 PM MSTDust Storm WarningMAF22 min
Feb 26, 2:55 PM MSTDust Storm WarningMAF2 hr
Feb 26, 5:34 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF116 min
Feb 27, 3:00 AM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF15 hr
Feb 27, 12:51 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningMAF3 days
Feb 27, 1:43 PM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF28 hr
Feb 28, 2:02 AM MSTFire Weather WatchMAF14 hr
Feb 28, 2:30 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchMAF35 hr
Feb 28, 1:17 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Feb 28, 3:43 PM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF52 hr
Mar 1, 2:12 AM MSTFire Weather WatchMAF12 hr
Mar 1, 1:34 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF30 hr
Mar 2, 11:03 AM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF87 min
Mar 4, 2:24 AM MSTFire Weather WatchMAF11 hr
Mar 4, 1:18 PM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF29 hr
Mar 9, 1:10 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMAF8 hr
Mar 10, 1:08 AM MSTFire Weather WatchMAF12 hr
Mar 10, 1:13 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF29 hr
Mar 10, 1:17 PM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF29 hr
Mar 15, 12:41 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF29 hr
Mar 16, 4:34 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF56 min
Mar 16, 5:27 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF63 min
Mar 20, 1:02 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF29 hr
Mar 21, 6:42 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF23 hr
Mar 23, 2:13 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF24 hr
Mar 23, 12:49 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Mar 24, 1:57 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF18 hr
Mar 28, 1:14 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF24 hr
Mar 29, 1:00 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF24 hr
Mar 29, 1:00 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF30 hr
Mar 30, 12:42 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF29 hr
Mar 31, 2:14 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF13 hr
Apr 1, 12:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF24 hr
Apr 1, 12:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF24 hr
Apr 1, 6:47 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchMAF32 hr
Apr 2, 12:11 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAF62 hr
Apr 2, 12:11 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF58 hr
Apr 2, 12:12 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF58 hr
Apr 12, 2:04 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF23 hr
Apr 13, 1:26 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF32 hr
Apr 14, 1:11 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF12 hr
Apr 17, 1:08 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF32 hr
Apr 17, 1:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 17, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF39 min
Apr 18, 1:14 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF19 hr
Apr 18, 8:49 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF23 hr
Apr 18, 8:52 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF24 hr
Apr 22, 2:22 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF10 hr
Apr 22, 3:31 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryMAF89 min
Apr 28, 12:55 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF23 hr
May 2, 2:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 2, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
May 2, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
May 2, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF55 min
May 2, 6:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAF3 hr
May 2, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF40 min
May 2, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF34 min
May 3, 1:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 3, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF57 min
May 3, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF33 min
May 4, 12:48 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF5 hr
May 4, 6:17 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF25 hr
May 10, 2:30 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF18 hr
May 10, 8:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF50 min
May 19, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF64 min
May 19, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF47 min
May 19, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF40 min
May 19, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF56 min
May 19, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF60 min
May 19, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF66 min
May 19, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF63 min
May 24, 1:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
May 24, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 24, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF62 min
May 24, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 25, 1:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF37 min
May 26, 1:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 26, 2:22 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 26, 5:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 26, 8:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 27, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 27, 3:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 27, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF44 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF52 min
May 28, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF49 min
May 28, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF46 min
May 28, 5:03 PM MDTTornado WarningMAF27 min
May 28, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF46 min
May 28, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF39 min
May 28, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF49 min
May 31, 1:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 31, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 31, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF66 min
May 31, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF60 min
May 31, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF67 min
May 31, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF58 min
May 31, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF35 min
May 31, 5:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 31, 10:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF24 min
Jun 1, 2:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 1, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 2, 10:35 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 2, 10:57 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 2, 11:36 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF54 min
Jun 2, 12:23 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAF52 min
Jun 2, 12:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF63 min
Jun 2, 12:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF59 min
Jun 2, 1:10 PM MDTTornado WarningMAF50 min
Jun 2, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF51 min
Jun 3, 2:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jun 3, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF57 min
Jun 3, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF34 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF48 min
Jun 7, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 7, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF64 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF65 min
Jun 7, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF54 min
Jun 7, 8:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAF3 hr
Jun 14, 12:55 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF31 hr
Jun 16, 1:14 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF13 hr
Jun 17, 2:33 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF17 hr
Jun 17, 2:37 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF7 days
Jun 22, 1:27 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF36 hr
Jun 23, 1:14 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF5 days
Jun 23, 2:18 PM MDTExcessive Heat WarningMAF4 days
Jun 27, 1:34 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF18 hr
Jun 27, 8:35 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF23 hr
Jun 28, 1:07 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF19 hr
Jun 30, 1:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 1, 3:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 1, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF61 min
Jul 1, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF52 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF46 min
Jul 1, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF52 min
Jul 1, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Jul 1, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF43 min
Jul 1, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF50 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF44 min
Jul 3, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF48 min
Jul 3, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF43 min
Jul 6, 1:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 12:29 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF5 days
Jul 10, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF51 min
Jul 10, 11:59 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF3 days
Jul 12, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF30 min
Jul 13, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF27 min
Jul 14, 1:36 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF23 hr
Jul 15, 12:57 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF4 days
Aug 1, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF49 min
Aug 4, 1:20 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Aug 5, 12:49 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Aug 6, 1:00 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Aug 7, 4:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF27 min
Aug 7, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF36 min
Aug 7, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF25 min
Aug 7, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF53 min
Aug 7, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF34 min
Aug 7, 8:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Aug 10, 1:18 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF31 hr
Aug 18, 1:48 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryMAF18 hr
Aug 27, 6:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAF3 hr
Aug 27, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF43 min
Sep 11, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Sep 11, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF66 min
Sep 11, 6:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Sep 11, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF64 min
Sep 11, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF61 min
Sep 15, 2:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 15, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 15, 9:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 15, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF49 min
Sep 15, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF47 min
Sep 15, 11:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF46 min
Sep 16, 12:16 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Sep 16, 1:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF64 min
Sep 16, 1:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Sep 16, 2:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF44 min
Sep 16, 2:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF47 min
Sep 26, 3:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 26, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF63 min
Sep 26, 5:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAF4 hr
Sep 26, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF64 min
Sep 26, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF44 min
Sep 26, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF65 min
Oct 2, 11:37 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Oct 2, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 2, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF38 min
Oct 2, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF47 min
Oct 2, 2:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Oct 2, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ25 min
Oct 2, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF49 min
Oct 2, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF52 min
Oct 2, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMAF56 min
Oct 2, 3:56 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAF21 min
Oct 2, 3:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAF3 hr
Oct 2, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF61 min
Oct 2, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF62 min
Oct 2, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF50 min
Oct 2, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF43 min
Oct 2, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Oct 2, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAF27 min
Oct 2, 5:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAF3 hr
Oct 2, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
Oct 2, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF55 min
Oct 2, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF39 min
Oct 2, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Oct 2, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF63 min
Oct 2, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF43 min
Oct 2, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF48 min
Oct 2, 8:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Oct 2, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF56 min
Oct 12, 1:07 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF17 hr
Oct 24, 4:09 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Oct 24, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF39 min
Oct 24, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
Oct 24, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF60 min
Oct 24, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAF40 min
Oct 28, 1:16 AM MDTFreeze WatchMAF29 hr
Oct 28, 7:32 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryMAF12 hr
Oct 29, 6:31 AM MDTFreeze WarningMAF29 hr
Nov 12, 3:10 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMAF5 hr
Nov 15, 1:20 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMAF8 hr
Nov 15, 11:55 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMAF20 hr
Nov 29, 1:03 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAF28 hr
Dec 23, 1:32 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 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.