Alert archive / New Mexico / Santa Fe County
Weather alerts in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, 2012
81 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Santa Fe County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 81
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- August30 alerts
- Busiest day
- October 12, 20128 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 1 tornado warnings covering Santa Fe County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them.
Santa Fe County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 3 | 70% | 8 | 63% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 10 | 3 | 70% | 4 | 25% | 15 min |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albuquerque, NM: tornado warnings | 6 | 1 | 83% | 3 | 33% | 12 min |
| NWS Albuquerque, NM: severe thunderstorm warnings | 157 | 41 | 74% | 94 | 65% | 22 min |
| NWS Albuquerque, NM: flash flood warnings | 47 | 12 | 74% | 27 | 56% | 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 13 days |
| May 11, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min |
| May 12, 3:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 12, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 27 min |
| May 21, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 60 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min |
| May 31, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 54 min |
| May 31, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 60 min |
| May 31, 7:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 12:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 118 min |
| Jul 4, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 1:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 117 min |
| Jul 5, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 115 min |
| Jul 5, 4:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 117 min |
| Jul 11, 4:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 111 min |
| Jul 16, 1:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 2:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 113 min |
| Jul 24, 1:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 75 min |
| Aug 3, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 89 min |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 4:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 87 min |
| Aug 12, 5:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 113 min |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 82 min |
| Aug 16, 5:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 85 min |
| Aug 16, 5:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 87 min |
| Aug 16, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 7:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 82 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 108 min |
| Aug 16, 7:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 6:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 88 min |
| Aug 20, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 7:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 1:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | 119 min |
| Sep 6, 3:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 112 min |
| Sep 10, 12:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 118 min |
| Sep 10, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 84 min |
| Sep 17, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 80 min |
| Sep 27, 2:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min |
| Sep 28, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 12:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Oct 12, 2:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 53 min |
| Oct 12, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 5:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | 24 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 | 10 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 37 |
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.