Weather alerts in Colorado, May 2012

135 weather alerts in May 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 135
Warnings: 59
Watches: 18
Advisories: 14
Busiest day: May 24, 201219 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 1, 7:01 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	3 hr
May 2, 12:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	24 min
May 2, 1:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	36 min
May 2, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	32 min
May 2, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	27 min
May 2, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	24 min
May 2, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	21 min
May 2, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	7 min
May 2, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	5 min
May 2, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	2 hr
May 2, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	2 hr
May 2, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	77 min
May 2, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	11 min
May 2, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	5 min
May 2, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Broomfield	5 min
May 3, 8:36 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel	7 hr
May 3, 8:36 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel	12 hr
May 3, 3:24 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Moffat and 5 more	30 hr
May 4, 2:28 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	6 hr
May 4, 2:57 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOU	Grand, Jackson, Summit	17 hr
May 4, 4:10 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Chaffee, Lake	15 hr
May 4, 3:00 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel	30 hr
May 4, 4:12 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOU	Grand, Jackson, Summit	26 hr
May 5, 5:48 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	14 hr
May 5, 6:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Logan	43 min
May 5, 7:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Weld	51 min
May 5, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	25 min
May 5, 9:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	46 min
May 5, 9:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	49 min
May 5, 10:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Weld	51 min
May 6, 3:23 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	48 hr
May 6, 8:24 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOU	Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more	18 hr
May 7, 11:34 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	Archuleta	41 min
May 7, 7:47 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 6 more	4 hr
May 11, 3:30 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more	37 hr
May 12, 5:02 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOU	Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 3 more	4 hr
May 13, 1:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	33 min
May 13, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer	25 min
May 13, 3:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Custer	22 min
May 13, 5:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	22 min
May 15, 3:40 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	9 hr
May 15, 12:19 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	32 hr
May 15, 3:06 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington	28 hr
May 16, 6:00 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more	24 hr
May 16, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Adams	30 min
May 17, 4:56 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	10 hr
May 17, 5:44 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more	39 hr
May 17, 1:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	46 min
May 17, 1:29 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers	2 hr
May 17, 2:36 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more	13 hr
May 17, 2:53 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	29 hr
May 17, 3:34 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	El Paso, Teller	12 hr
May 18, 3:28 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	17 hr
May 18, 4:05 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more	16 hr
May 18, 11:05 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Moffat	115 min
May 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	La Plata	45 min
May 19, 9:21 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	54 min
May 19, 9:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	32 min
May 19, 9:47 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	33 min
May 19, 10:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	61 min
May 19, 10:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	24 min
May 19, 12:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	63 min
May 19, 12:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more	113 min
May 19, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	60 min
May 19, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
May 19, 2:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	62 min
May 19, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 19, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	53 min
May 19, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	27 min
May 20, 2:47 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more	25 hr
May 20, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan	65 min
May 20, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Washington	37 min
May 20, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	53 min
May 20, 8:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	31 min
May 20, 8:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
May 20, 11:16 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray and 1 more	39 hr
May 21, 3:38 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	El Paso, Teller	10 hr
May 21, 11:59 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Las Animas	91 min
May 21, 1:20 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	15 hr
May 21, 3:24 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more	30 hr
May 21, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
May 22, 11:59 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	9 hr
May 22, 1:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca	84 min
May 22, 2:24 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 3 more	32 hr
May 22, 2:26 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	GJT	Archuleta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more	32 hr
May 22, 3:42 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	GJT	Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and 1 more	4 hr
May 23, 4:00 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more	59 hr
May 23, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	29 min
May 23, 5:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	32 min
May 23, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Lincoln	10 min
May 23, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	14 min
May 23, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	24 min
May 23, 6:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	65 min
May 23, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	18 min
May 23, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	21 min
May 23, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	60 min
May 23, 7:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	26 min
May 23, 7:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 1 more	83 min
May 23, 7:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	9 min
May 23, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	16 min
May 23, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
May 23, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
May 23, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	39 min
May 23, 9:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	36 min
May 23, 10:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	24 min
May 23, 11:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	22 min
May 24, 2:50 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more	54 hr
May 24, 3:43 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, La Plata, Mesa and 7 more	30 hr
May 24, 9:40 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more	7 hr
May 25, 3:26 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	25 hr
May 25, 4:01 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 7 more	23 hr
May 25, 4:02 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOU	Park	8 hr
May 25, 4:16 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more	41 hr
May 25, 4:26 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more	24 hr
May 25, 9:12 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	37 hr
May 25, 12:18 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOU	Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Park	56 hr
May 26, 2:39 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 2 more	17 hr
May 26, 4:09 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	23 hr
May 26, 4:11 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	18 hr
May 26, 4:13 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	11 hr
May 26, 4:34 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more	15 hr
May 26, 6:33 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Yuma	87 min
May 26, 1:46 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca	119 min
May 26, 2:55 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sedgwick	2 hr
May 26, 3:39 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	28 hr
May 26, 11:42 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	3 hr
May 27, 3:30 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	9 hr
May 27, 3:35 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	17 hr
May 27, 4:08 AM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	27 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	GJT	Archuleta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa and 6 more	17 hr
May 27, 3:45 PM MDT	Freeze Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	23 hr
May 28, 2:43 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Moffat, Rio Blanco	19 hr
May 28, 3:09 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	13 hr
May 28, 3:14 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	GJT	Archuleta, La Plata, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt	16 hr
May 29, 9:58 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt	35 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	26
Tornado Warning	2
Mesoscale Discussion	8
Special Weather Statement	36
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	4
Freeze Watch	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	4
High Wind Watch	4
Wind Advisory	6
Fire
Red Flag Warning	23
Fire Weather Watch	13
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.