Flash Flood Watches in Colorado
482 flash flood watches since 1986. 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 flash flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 482
- Busiest year
- 202166 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 23over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garfield County144
- Fremont County137
- Rio Blanco County128
- Eagle County127
- Pitkin County126
- San Miguel County118
- Dolores County116
- Huerfano County114
- Custer County111
- Montezuma County111
- Moffat County110
- Routt County110
- La Plata County106
- Pueblo County105
- Hinsdale County104
- Archuleta County102
- San Juan County102
- Saguache County99
- Chaffee County97
- Teller County91
- Costilla County89
- Montrose County89
- El Paso County88
- Alamosa County87
- Las Animas County87
- Ouray County84
- Gunnison County82
- Mesa County82
- Delta County75
- Boulder County60
- Larimer County57
- Jefferson County53
- Conejos County53
- Mineral County53
- Rio Grande County53
- Clear Creek County50
- Gilpin County50
- Park County50
- Douglas County47
- Lake County45
24 more counties
- Arapahoe County44
- Elbert County42
- Kit Carson County39
- Yuma County39
- Adams County34
- Weld County33
- Broomfield County32
- Cheyenne County31
- Denver County29
- Bent County27
- Morgan County24
- Otero County24
- Lincoln County23
- Crowley County23
- Kiowa County23
- Prowers County23
- Washington County22
- Baca County20
- Logan County20
- Grand County20
- Summit County18
- Jackson County17
- Phillips County13
- Sedgwick County13
The latest flash flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 22 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GJT | Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel | 11 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:57 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 31 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 31 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 31 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 25 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:14 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 31 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:38 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 33 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 34 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:29 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 33 hr |
Nearby
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.