Alert archive / Texas / Colorado County
Weather alerts in Colorado County, Texas, 2026
85 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest month
- May20 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 12, 20266 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, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 1 | 90% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 9 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 109 | 33 | 70% | 69 | 75% | 15 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 52 | 27 | 48% | 77 | 83% | 110 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 7, 12:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | HGX | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:30 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | HGX | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 12:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | HGX | 47 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:00 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | HGX | 21 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:00 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | HGX | 4 days |
| Jan 29, 11:35 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | HGX | 46 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:03 PM CST | Freeze Watch | HGX | 36 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:18 AM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | 22 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 9 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:42 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 45 min |
| Feb 14, 5:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 65 min |
| Feb 17, 3:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:53 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:26 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:17 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 11, 7:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 56 min |
| Mar 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 53 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 30 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HGX | 21 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:41 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 9 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 12:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 6:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 111 min |
| Apr 30, 12:21 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 33 hr |
| May 1, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 50 min |
| May 1, 10:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 9, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 31 min |
| May 9, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 36 min |
| May 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 10, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 42 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 73 min |
| May 19, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 55 min |
| May 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 48 min |
| May 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 20, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 58 min |
| May 20, 12:41 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 4 days |
| May 23, 2:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 26 min |
| May 26, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 26, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 79 min |
| May 27, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 61 min |
| May 27, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 11:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 9:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 21 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:51 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:56 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 55 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 5:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 31 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:50 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | HGX | 31 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:10 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:17 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 32 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 7 days |
| Aug 27, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 91 min |
| Sep 6, 1:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 58 min |
| Sep 12, 12:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:14 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 55 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 | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Special Weather Statement | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 9 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
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.