Alert archive / Colorado / 1998
Weather alerts in Colorado, May 1998
140 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 140
- Warnings
- 130
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 22, 199831 alerts
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By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| May 3, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| May 4, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| May 4, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| May 5, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 64 min |
| May 5, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| May 5, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| May 5, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 64 min |
| May 5, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| May 5, 6:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| May 5, 7:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| May 5, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| May 6, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Prowers | 6 hr |
| May 7, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 62 min |
| May 7, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 63 min |
| May 8, 12:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| May 8, 1:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 58 min |
| May 8, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| May 8, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 61 min |
| May 8, 2:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| May 8, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Otero | 60 min |
| May 8, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| May 8, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 65 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| May 8, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 60 min |
| May 8, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 49 min |
| May 11, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 41 min |
| May 11, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 11, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 64 min |
| May 11, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| May 11, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 11, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 33 min |
| May 19, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 63 min |
| May 20, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| May 20, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 24 min |
| May 20, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| May 20, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| May 20, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| May 21, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 55 min |
| May 21, 2:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 21, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| May 21, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| May 21, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 28 min |
| May 21, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 39 min |
| May 21, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 35 min |
| May 21, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 39 min |
| May 21, 5:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 22 min |
| May 21, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 45 min |
| May 21, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 35 min |
| May 21, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| May 21, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| May 21, 10:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 34 min |
| May 22, 11:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson, Weld | 46 min |
| May 22, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 46 min |
| May 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 30 min |
| May 22, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 25 min |
| May 22, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 22, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 1:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| May 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 39 min |
| May 22, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| May 22, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 24 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| May 22, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 44 min |
| May 22, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| May 22, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 5 hr |
| May 22, 6:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 46 min |
| May 22, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 24, 10:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| May 24, 12:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| May 24, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Lincoln and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 26 min |
| May 24, 1:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 35 min |
| May 24, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 49 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 24, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Otero | 57 min |
| May 24, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 24, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 56 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 60 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 65 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| May 26, 2:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 76 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 | 112 |
| Tornado Warning | 18 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Weld County31
- Yuma County20
- Kit Carson County17
- Washington County16
- Adams County15
- Arapahoe County13
- Logan County12
- Lincoln County11
- Elbert County11
- Morgan County11
- Prowers County10
- Otero County10
- Bent County9
- Kiowa County9
- Phillips County8
- El Paso County7
- Baca County6
- Crowley County6
- Larimer County6
- Sedgwick County6
- Denver County5
- Douglas County5
- Pueblo County5
- Cheyenne County4
- Las Animas County4
- Jefferson County3
- Boulder County3
- Broomfield County1
- Huerfano County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.