Alert archive / Texas / Colorado County
Weather alerts in Colorado County, Texas, 2008
89 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Colorado County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 89
- Warnings
- 17
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest month
- February16 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 6, 20085 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Colorado County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 18 | 1 | 94% | 3 | 33% | 4 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 159 | 41 | 74% | 85 | 68% | 20 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 17 | 5 | 71% | 10 | 70% | 80 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 1, 5:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 13 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:21 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:23 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:22 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 29 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:43 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 16 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Feb 5, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 48 min |
| Feb 7, 1:12 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:20 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 7 hr |
| Feb 10, 8:34 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 86 min |
| Feb 11, 1:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 16, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:13 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Feb 22, 8:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 55 min |
| Feb 23, 9:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:08 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 4:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 16 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:36 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 3, 10:52 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 17 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 6, 3:40 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 26 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 6:01 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 38 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Mar 18, 9:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 21 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 15 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 11:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 6 hr |
| May 14, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 14, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 14, 6:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 14, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 15 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 9:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 24, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | HGX | 18 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 45 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | HGX | 28 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 113 min |
| Sep 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | HGX | 43 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:19 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 70 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 43 min |
| Sep 14, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 55 min |
| Oct 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HGX | 17 hr |
| Nov 1, 4:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 10:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Nov 11, 1:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Nov 11, 5:21 PM CST | Flood Watch | HGX | 16 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 10:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 13, 7:03 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 117 min |
| Nov 14, 7:42 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 20 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:53 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 12 hr |
| Nov 27, 12:42 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 8 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:13 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 20 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:23 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 16 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:08 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | HGX | 22 hr |
| Dec 17, 5:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:03 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 117 min |
| Dec 21, 5:36 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 13 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 | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 12 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 2 |
| Inland Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
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.