Weather alerts in Colorado, 1988
101 weather alerts in 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 101
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June46 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 13, 198813 alerts
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington, Yuma | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Yuma | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick, Washington | 59 min |
| May 1, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 58 min |
| May 1, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 2, 10:20 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 25 min |
| May 18, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 19, 2:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Yuma | 31 min |
| May 30, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| May 30, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 38 min |
| May 31, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 3:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Jefferson, Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 4:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 4:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 4:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 4:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 5:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 6:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 2:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 8:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Gunnison | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 6:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Teller | 69 min |
| Jul 8, 2:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 5:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 5:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 8:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 13 min |
| Jul 11, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 6:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 1:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 11:45 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GJT | Mesa | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Yuma | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 10:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 10:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 36 min |
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 | 70 |
| Tornado Warning | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Weld County24
- Adams County20
- Arapahoe County14
- Washington County13
- Morgan County11
- Logan County10
- Larimer County9
- El Paso County8
- Kiowa County8
- Prowers County6
- Yuma County5
- Boulder County5
- Douglas County4
- Pueblo County4
- Kit Carson County4
- Jefferson County3
- Elbert County3
- Denver County3
- Cheyenne County2
- Bent County2
- Lincoln County2
- Sedgwick County1
- Phillips County1
- Huerfano County1
- Otero County1
- Gunnison County1
- Teller County1
- Mesa County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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. Rebuilt daily.