Alert archive / New Mexico / Otero County

Weather alerts in Otero County, New Mexico, 2012

160 weather alerts in 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
160
Warnings
71
Watches
34
Advisories
43
Busiest month
May48 alerts
Busiest day
May 21, 201212 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, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings32875%9100%24 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS El Paso, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings771383%2286%23 min
NWS El Paso, TX: flash flood warnings9367%475%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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 18, 2:54 PM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ23 hr
Jan 19, 2:15 PM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ29 hr
Jan 21, 7:43 AM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ12 hr
Jan 31, 2:00 PM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ23 hr
Feb 1, 1:11 PM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ31 hr
Feb 22, 7:02 AM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ6 hr
Feb 22, 1:17 PM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
Feb 26, 7:14 AM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ24 hr
Feb 26, 2:13 PM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ42 hr
Feb 27, 5:00 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningEPZ36 hr
Feb 27, 5:00 AM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ36 hr
Feb 27, 7:10 AM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ13 hr
Feb 29, 7:34 AM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ36 hr
Feb 29, 7:42 PM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ18 hr
Mar 1, 5:35 AM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ16 hr
Mar 1, 1:33 PM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
Mar 1, 3:29 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ29 hr
Mar 5, 6:59 AM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ7 hr
Mar 5, 1:44 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchEPZ23 hr
Mar 5, 2:07 PM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZ24 hr
Mar 5, 2:07 PM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ29 hr
Mar 6, 12:54 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningEPZ32 hr
Mar 6, 12:54 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ32 hr
Mar 6, 1:56 PM MSTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
Mar 7, 12:05 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryEPZ9 hr
Mar 15, 12:30 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ18 hr
Mar 16, 6:56 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ38 hr
Mar 16, 1:44 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ41 hr
Mar 16, 3:09 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchEPZ22 hr
Mar 16, 3:09 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ29 hr
Mar 17, 1:32 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningEPZ31 hr
Mar 17, 3:05 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZ63 hr
Mar 18, 6:33 AM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryEPZ11 hr
Mar 30, 1:42 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ23 hr
Mar 31, 12:47 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ33 hr
Mar 31, 2:53 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ31 hr
Apr 1, 12:54 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ9 hr
Apr 1, 9:46 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ22 hr
Apr 8, 10:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ47 min
Apr 10, 7:50 AM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ5 hr
Apr 10, 1:10 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ32 hr
Apr 10, 1:10 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ32 hr
Apr 11, 1:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Apr 11, 1:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ38 min
Apr 11, 1:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Apr 11, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ42 min
Apr 11, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ46 min
Apr 11, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ45 min
Apr 11, 8:54 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ18 hr
Apr 11, 8:54 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ24 hr
Apr 12, 1:44 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ40 hr
Apr 12, 2:17 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ25 hr
Apr 12, 2:57 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
Apr 13, 2:19 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
Apr 13, 3:30 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningEPZ31 hr
Apr 14, 6:00 AM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryEPZ16 hr
Apr 18, 1:39 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ17 hr
Apr 19, 7:01 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ13 hr
Apr 24, 9:47 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ9 hr
Apr 25, 7:14 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ38 hr
Apr 25, 12:42 PM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryEPZ31 hr
Apr 25, 12:42 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ32 hr
Apr 29, 1:53 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ21 hr
Apr 30, 12:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ24 hr
May 1, 12:56 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ32 hr
May 3, 10:24 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ16 hr
May 4, 2:12 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
May 8, 12:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 8, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 8, 3:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
May 8, 6:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ117 min
May 8, 6:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 9, 11:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ114 min
May 11, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ50 min
May 11, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ38 min
May 11, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ48 min
May 11, 6:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 11, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ51 min
May 11, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ63 min
May 12, 3:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 13, 1:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 13, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 13, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ67 min
May 13, 4:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 13, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ65 min
May 13, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ55 min
May 13, 7:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
May 13, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ43 min
May 13, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ61 min
May 16, 1:32 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ25 hr
May 17, 2:12 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
May 20, 9:40 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ33 hr
May 21, 12:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ20 min
May 21, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ45 min
May 21, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ46 min
May 21, 2:13 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ55 hr
May 21, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ48 min
May 21, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ20 min
May 21, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ39 min
May 21, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ45 min
May 21, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ47 min
May 21, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ42 min
May 21, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ46 min
May 22, 3:03 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ29 hr
May 22, 10:37 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ45 hr
May 24, 4:46 AM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ11 hr
May 24, 1:16 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ18 hr
May 25, 7:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ37 hr
May 25, 9:35 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ33 hr
May 27, 6:31 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ13 hr
May 28, 2:06 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ17 hr
May 29, 7:16 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ38 hr
Jun 7, 12:22 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ25 hr
Jun 8, 1:37 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZ42 hr
Jun 8, 1:37 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ30 hr
Jun 9, 10:16 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZ9 hr
Jun 15, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ51 min
Jul 3, 1:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZ57 min
Jul 4, 1:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ3 hr
Jul 5, 12:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ115 min
Jul 6, 12:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ2 hr
Jul 6, 1:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ2 hr
Jul 6, 4:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ118 min
Jul 9, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ23 min
Jul 18, 1:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ2 hr
Jul 18, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ50 min
Jul 18, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ51 min
Jul 18, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ119 min
Jul 22, 12:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ56 min
Jul 22, 5:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ50 min
Jul 25, 3:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ118 min
Aug 4, 12:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ2 hr
Aug 14, 5:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ59 min
Aug 15, 1:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ2 hr
Aug 16, 1:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ112 min
Aug 17, 12:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ115 min
Aug 19, 3:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 21, 3:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ2 hr
Aug 23, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ29 min
Sep 14, 5:49 AM MDTFreeze WatchEPZ8 hr
Sep 14, 1:53 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryEPZ19 hr
Sep 30, 1:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ26 min
Sep 30, 2:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZ107 min
Oct 11, 11:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ52 min
Oct 12, 12:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZ50 min
Oct 12, 1:43 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ7 hr
Oct 26, 10:39 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryEPZ22 hr
Oct 26, 10:39 AM MDTFreeze WarningEPZ23 hr
Nov 8, 12:49 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ34 hr
Nov 8, 1:24 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchEPZ23 hr
Nov 9, 12:12 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningEPZ29 hr
Nov 9, 12:12 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ29 hr
Nov 11, 4:02 AM MSTFreeze WarningEPZ28 hr
Dec 13, 8:08 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZ33 hr
Dec 13, 4:38 PM MSTBlizzard WarningEPZ23 hr
Dec 13, 5:05 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningEPZ20 hr
Dec 17, 4:55 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchEPZ34 hr
Dec 18, 3:05 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningEPZ25 hr
Dec 18, 3:05 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZ25 hr
Dec 30, 1:23 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZ29 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.