Alert archive / New Mexico / Sierra County
Weather alerts in Sierra County, New Mexico, 2014
194 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Sierra County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 194
- Warnings
- 63
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 76
- Busiest month
- August40 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 15, 201410 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Sierra County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 1 | 86% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 21 | 4 | 81% | 10 | 40% | 52 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS El Paso, TX: tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS El Paso, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 91 | 8 | 91% | 30 | 60% | 33 min |
| NWS El Paso, TX: flash flood warnings | 88 | 19 | 78% | 65 | 71% | 67 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 29, 2:30 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 17 hr |
| Jan 30, 7:07 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 11 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:53 AM MST | High Wind Warning | EPZ | 32 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:53 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 34 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:45 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:19 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | 27 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:04 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:04 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:57 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:17 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:22 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:31 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 35 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:42 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | EPZ | 9 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:42 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Mar 21, 7:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:51 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:14 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 44 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:39 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 23 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 7 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:29 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:51 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 38 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:18 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:42 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 25 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:09 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 38 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:17 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 38 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:40 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:57 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:32 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 59 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:40 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 26 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:43 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 27 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:31 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | 22 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:03 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:02 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 35 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:49 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | EPZ | 40 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:13 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:03 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| May 4, 7:13 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 24 hr |
| May 4, 7:13 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 47 hr |
| May 5, 6:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 38 hr |
| May 5, 2:22 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 30 hr |
| May 6, 6:40 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 38 hr |
| May 6, 1:24 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 31 hr |
| May 9, 3:04 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | 22 hr |
| May 9, 8:08 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 10 hr |
| May 9, 8:08 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 17 hr |
| May 10, 12:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 33 hr |
| May 10, 1:02 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
| May 10, 1:02 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 31 hr |
| May 16, 2:09 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 41 hr |
| May 18, 7:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| May 18, 7:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 35 hr |
| May 18, 7:59 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 23 hr |
| May 20, 7:04 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 13 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:31 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | EPZ | 6 days |
| Jun 11, 6:52 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 12 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:37 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 30 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 9:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 24 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:18 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | 22 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | 34 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:11 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 5:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Jul 9, 12:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 118 min |
| Jul 10, 1:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 2:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 10:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 113 min |
| Jul 14, 8:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Jul 14, 5:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 117 min |
| Jul 16, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 108 min |
| Jul 17, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 117 min |
| Jul 22, 7:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 4 days |
| Jul 30, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 4:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 109 min |
| Jul 31, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 6:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 4:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 11:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 115 min |
| Aug 4, 1:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 8 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 8:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 10:01 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 14 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 117 min |
| Aug 13, 7:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 4:33 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 19 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:06 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 19 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 6:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 112 min |
| Aug 16, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 8:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 9:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 16 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 115 min |
| Aug 26, 5:13 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 23 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:44 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:56 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 94 min |
| Aug 27, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:33 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 48 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Sep 5, 7:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 113 min |
| Sep 12, 6:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 4 days |
| Sep 16, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 7:42 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 108 min |
| Sep 17, 9:02 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 117 min |
| Sep 18, 10:51 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 114 min |
| Sep 18, 11:21 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 114 min |
| Sep 21, 2:50 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:50 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 54 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:21 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Sep 22, 1:34 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 116 min |
| Sep 22, 1:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:59 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 117 min |
| Sep 23, 4:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 3:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 88 min |
| Sep 24, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 4:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 119 min |
| Sep 24, 5:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | 37 min |
| Sep 26, 1:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 46 min |
| Oct 10, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 49 min |
| Oct 10, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 41 min |
| Oct 11, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min |
| Oct 11, 6:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 4:41 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 16 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:11 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | EPZ | 18 hr |
| Nov 2, 5:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 50 min |
| Nov 6, 9:55 PM MST | Freeze Warning | EPZ | 11 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:39 PM MST | Freeze Watch | EPZ | 21 hr |
| Nov 12, 12:39 PM MST | Freeze Warning | EPZ | 21 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:43 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 29 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:28 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 16 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 48 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:50 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | 21 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 | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 19 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 21 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 10 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 57 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 27 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 21 |
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.