Alert archive / Texas / Carson County
Weather alerts in Carson County, Texas, 2012
174 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Carson County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 174
- Warnings
- 67
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- April48 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 30, 201211 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 2 tornado warnings covering Carson County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Carson County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 43 | 35 | 19% | 19 | 95% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Amarillo, TX: tornado warnings | 6 | 2 | 67% | 10 | 40% | 4 min |
| NWS Amarillo, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 238 | 167 | 30% | 443 | 83% | 21 min |
| NWS Amarillo, TX: flash flood warnings | 8 | 7 | 13% | 26 | 81% | 28 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 4:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 14 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:45 AM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | 7 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:09 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 38 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:03 PM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | 15 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:59 AM CST | High Wind Warning | AMA | 10 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 15 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 2, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 51 min |
| Feb 2, 9:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Feb 2, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 38 min |
| Feb 2, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 36 min |
| Feb 2, 11:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Feb 2, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 42 min |
| Feb 9, 9:03 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | 33 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:07 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | 10 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:28 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | AMA | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:14 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:21 PM CST | High Wind Warning | AMA | 27 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:21 PM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:31 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:54 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 13 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:31 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | 11 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:36 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:56 PM CST | High Wind Warning | AMA | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:05 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 29 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:54 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 11 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:48 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 29 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:36 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 11 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:38 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:05 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:57 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:57 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 13 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 17 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 29 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 18, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 18, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 30, 3:35 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 60 min |
| Apr 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 25 min |
| Apr 11, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | 22 min |
| Apr 11, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 12, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | AMA | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 30, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 12:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 62 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 30, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 12, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 11:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 12:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 16, 1:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | 81 min |
| Jun 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 20, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AMA | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 7:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 57 min |
| Sep 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Sep 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Sep 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:27 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | 11 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Sep 30, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | 64 min |
| Oct 5, 4:44 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | 23 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:02 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | AMA | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | AMA | 19 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Oct 12, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Oct 13, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | 47 min |
| Oct 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | AMA | 42 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | 13 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | AMA | 13 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:08 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | AMA | 30 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:08 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | AMA | 54 hr |
| Nov 9, 9:47 PM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | 20 hr |
| Dec 8, 8:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | AMA | 3 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Dec 14, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Dec 14, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | 73 min |
| Dec 14, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | 26 min |
| Dec 14, 9:00 PM CST | Wind Advisory | AMA | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:42 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | 8 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:48 PM CST | High Wind Warning | AMA | 35 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:15 PM CST | Blowing Dust Advisory | AMA | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | 50 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | AMA | 14 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | AMA | 34 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 | 43 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 46 |
| Special Weather Statement | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 4 |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 13 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 9 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.