Alert archive / New Mexico / Los Alamos County
Weather alerts in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, 2021
77 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Los Alamos County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 77
- Warnings
- 12
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest month
- July23 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 11, 20217 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Los Alamos County, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albuquerque, NM: tornado warnings | 18 | 2 | 89% | 21 | 10% | 12 min |
| NWS Albuquerque, NM: severe thunderstorm warnings | 355 | 69 | 81% | 177 | 61% | 23 min |
| NWS Albuquerque, NM: flash flood warnings | 81 | 23 | 72% | 74 | 47% | 49 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 18, 2:29 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | 39 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:56 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 3 days |
| Feb 12, 3:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 37 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:31 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | 43 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:03 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:25 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | 3 days |
| Mar 12, 3:30 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 56 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:34 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:17 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 12 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:36 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | 36 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:29 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:55 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 28 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:16 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 24 hr |
| May 3, 11:44 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 12:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 29 min |
| May 17, 12:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 53 min |
| May 21, 7:11 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 29 hr |
| May 22, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min |
| May 31, 12:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 31, 12:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 min |
| May 31, 2:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:28 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 5 days |
| Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 112 min |
| Jul 5, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 1:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 11 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 11, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 69 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 114 min |
| Jul 21, 3:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 21 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 40 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 54 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 2:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 66 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 87 min |
| Aug 11, 3:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 7:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 110 min |
| Aug 27, 1:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 57 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:58 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 12 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:34 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 32 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:34 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 34 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:40 PM MST | High Wind Warning | ABQ | 28 hr |
| Dec 15, 5:32 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | 28 min |
| Dec 15, 6:03 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 2:19 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:23 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 38 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:08 PM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 30 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:37 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 11 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:06 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | 44 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:37 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 31 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:07 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | 63 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 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 9 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 13 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
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.