Alert archive / Texas / Colorado County
Weather alerts in Colorado County, Texas, 2018
91 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 91
- Warnings
- 17
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest month
- October14 alerts
- Busiest day
- October 31, 20186 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 Colorado County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Colorado County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 16 | 1 | 94% | 7 | 14% | 3 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 99 | 37 | 63% | 97 | 62% | 17 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 39 | 15 | 62% | 51 | 63% | 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:21 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 42 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 32 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 29 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | HGX | 29 hr |
| Jan 16, 7:09 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:54 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:37 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:02 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:00 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:13 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 8:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 87 min |
| Feb 13, 5:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Feb 14, 5:59 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 13 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:23 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 25, 11:34 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 41 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 28, 8:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 1:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 39 min |
| Mar 29, 3:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 3, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 15 hr |
| May 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 4 hr |
| May 20, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 29 min |
| May 25, 6:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 81 min |
| Jun 14, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 15 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 94 min |
| Jul 7, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 3:09 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 29 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 30 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:59 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 41 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 12:47 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:53 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 15 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 118 min |
| Oct 3, 4:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 34 min |
| Oct 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 9 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 18 min |
| Oct 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 54 min |
| Nov 6, 2:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 8 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:00 PM CST | Freeze Watch | HGX | 20 hr |
| Nov 13, 11:32 AM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | 21 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:11 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Dec 6, 5:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 46 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | 5 days |
| Dec 8, 6:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | 41 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:56 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 36 hr |
| Dec 17, 10:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 56 min |
| Dec 20, 3:51 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:24 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 8 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:57 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | 26 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 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 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.