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Fire Weather Watches in Colorado, 2012
92 fire weather watches in 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 92
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:08 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 37 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:17 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Yuma | 11 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:42 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 20 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:09 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:02 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 37 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:10 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne | 13 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:18 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 21 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:18 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:45 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:40 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:25 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:12 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:14 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:10 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:51 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:09 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 13 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:59 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 35 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:02 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:12 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:14 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:36 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat and 6 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:39 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 13 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:46 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:05 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:04 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:44 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Lake, Rio Grande and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:49 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 21 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:09 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 12 hr |
| May 3, 8:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 9 hr |
| May 16, 6:00 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 24 hr |
| May 17, 4:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 10 hr |
| May 17, 2:36 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 13 hr |
| May 17, 3:34 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 12 hr |
| May 20, 2:47 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 25 hr |
| 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 23, 4:00 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 59 hr |
| May 25, 4:02 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Park | 8 hr |
| May 26, 4:13 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 11 hr |
| May 28, 2:43 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 19 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:33 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco, San Miguel | 19 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:33 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 48 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:28 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:25 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Larimer and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:41 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 10 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:21 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 13 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:21 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 3:58 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:45 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:25 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 11 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:49 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:59 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco, Routt and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco, Routt and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:31 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:41 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:17 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:05 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:42 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 14 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 13 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:18 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 17 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:41 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 14 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Moffat | 21 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:49 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 22 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:03 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington | 24 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:19 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 10 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:37 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:10 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 14 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:53 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington | 13 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:58 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 11 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:44 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 13 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:43 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco | 23 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:22 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 23 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:52 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:36 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 14 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 13 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:46 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 13 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:08 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:53 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 18 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:44 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Yuma | 14 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:50 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheyenne County28
- Kit Carson County27
- Yuma County25
- Moffat County20
- Rio Blanco County19
- Montrose County18
- San Miguel County18
- Garfield County17
- Mesa County17
- El Paso County15
- Las Animas County15
- Delta County15
- Ouray County15
- Dolores County14
- La Plata County14
- Montezuma County14
- Huerfano County13
- Routt County13
- Pueblo County12
- Douglas County12
- Teller County12
- Fremont County11
- Alamosa County11
- Conejos County11
- Costilla County11
- Rio Grande County11
- Saguache County11
- Elbert County10
- Lincoln County10
- Boulder County10
- Jefferson County10
- Larimer County10
- Gunnison County10
- Hinsdale County10
- Baca County9
- Washington County9
- Park County9
- Adams County8
- Arapahoe County8
- Logan County8
20 more counties
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.