Alert archive / Colorado / 2004
Weather alerts in Colorado, May 2004
89 weather alerts in May 2004, 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 89
- Warnings
- 62
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 11, 200417 alerts
Over time
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 9, 1:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 59 min |
| May 9, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| May 9, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson | 4 hr |
| May 10, 1:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Morgan, Weld | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| May 10, 5:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 16 more | 95 min |
| May 10, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 51 min |
| May 10, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| May 10, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 65 min |
| May 10, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 61 min |
| May 10, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 54 min |
| May 10, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| May 10, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 65 min |
| May 10, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 10, 7:06 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more | 114 min |
| May 10, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 64 min |
| May 10, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 8:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 58 min |
| May 10, 9:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 35 min |
| May 10, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 53 min |
| May 10, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| May 10, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 10, 9:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| May 10, 10:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 58 min |
| May 11, 1:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 2 hr |
| May 11, 1:40 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 6 hr |
| May 11, 7:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick | 118 min |
| May 12, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 54 min |
| May 12, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 64 min |
| May 12, 5:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 1 more | 61 min |
| May 12, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| May 12, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 5 hr |
| May 12, 6:08 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 1 more | 67 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| May 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 64 min |
| May 12, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| May 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| May 12, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 43 min |
| May 12, 8:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 53 min |
| May 13, 11:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Montrose | 48 min |
| May 14, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| May 15, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| May 15, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 43 min |
| May 17, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:22 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 113 min |
| May 17, 4:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 17, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 17, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 65 min |
| May 17, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 17, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 57 min |
| May 20, 2:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Las Animas, Prowers | 116 min |
| May 20, 4:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 9 more | 118 min |
| May 20, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 63 min |
| May 20, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 65 min |
| May 20, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 89 min |
| May 20, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 53 min |
| May 20, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 60 min |
| May 20, 7:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 56 min |
| May 20, 8:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 58 min |
| May 20, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| May 20, 9:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Yuma | 87 min |
| May 20, 9:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 9 more | 86 min |
| May 20, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 22, 12:13 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more | 2 hr |
| May 22, 12:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 64 min |
| May 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Elbert, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 2:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more | 86 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 62 min |
| May 22, 2:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 52 min |
| May 22, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Weld | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 47 min |
| May 24, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 24, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 47 min |
| May 29, 12:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 54 min |
| May 29, 12:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 67 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 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 | 47 |
| Tornado Warning | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Weld County25
- Washington County17
- Kit Carson County16
- Elbert County16
- Lincoln County16
- Morgan County15
- Cheyenne County15
- Yuma County14
- Adams County14
- Arapahoe County13
- El Paso County13
- Logan County13
- Sedgwick County12
- Kiowa County12
- Phillips County12
- Prowers County11
- Denver County9
- Crowley County7
- Douglas County7
- Boulder County7
- Broomfield County7
- Bent County6
- Otero County5
- Baca County5
- Jefferson County5
- Pueblo County4
- Larimer County4
- Teller County3
- Montrose County1
- Gilpin County1
- Las Animas 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.