Alert archive / New Mexico / Otero County
Weather alerts in Otero County, New Mexico, 2008
150 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Otero County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 150
- Warnings
- 66
- Watches
- 42
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- May32 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20088 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Otero County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 4 | 100% | 30 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 11 | 4 | 64% | 2 | 100% | 119 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS El Paso, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 55 | 10 | 82% | 16 | 75% | 22 min |
| NWS El Paso, TX: flash flood warnings | 38 | 12 | 68% | 22 | 64% | 55 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 30, 7:21 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 7:06 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:19 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:24 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 21 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:58 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 10 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:58 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:01 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 28 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:52 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:08 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:53 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:08 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 21 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:08 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:28 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 10 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:38 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Mar 29, 7:27 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 10 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:08 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:43 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:13 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 26 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:00 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 31 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:18 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 23 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:38 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:08 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:43 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 26 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:20 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:15 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:15 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:27 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:25 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:02 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:02 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:42 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 25 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:42 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Apr 21, 7:13 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:55 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 19 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:44 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 22 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:57 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 33 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 27 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 24 hr |
| May 1, 9:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 10 hr |
| May 2, 7:02 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 11 hr |
| May 5, 7:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 23 hr |
| May 5, 12:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 6, 6:03 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 16 hr |
| May 7, 7:42 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 10 hr |
| May 7, 3:50 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 15 hr |
| May 8, 6:32 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 15 hr |
| May 8, 10:16 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 20 hr |
| May 9, 6:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 15 hr |
| May 9, 12:44 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 18 hr |
| May 10, 7:02 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| May 10, 9:57 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 21 hr |
| May 11, 6:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 26 hr |
| May 12, 7:20 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 12 hr |
| May 12, 7:15 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 25 hr |
| May 19, 7:10 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 31 hr |
| May 20, 2:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 34 hr |
| May 21, 2:52 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 13 hr |
| May 21, 2:52 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 21 hr |
| May 22, 3:32 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 15 hr |
| May 26, 7:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| May 28, 2:28 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| May 28, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 52 min |
| May 28, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 61 min |
| May 28, 4:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 28, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 49 min |
| May 28, 6:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 7:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 15 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:21 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 22 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:58 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 33 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:21 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:28 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 22 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:13 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 32 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:01 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 2:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:50 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:42 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 1:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 118 min |
| Jul 7, 12:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:21 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 12:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 1:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 108 min |
| Jul 18, 12:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:44 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:46 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:15 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 2:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 8:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 17, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 12:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 20, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 5:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 114 min |
| Sep 2, 1:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 7, 7:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Sep 19, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 33 min |
| Oct 11, 4:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Oct 11, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 6:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Oct 14, 3:47 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:21 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:43 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 15 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 | 12 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 33 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 43 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 39 |
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.