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Flood Watches in Colorado, 2026

26 flood watches in 2026. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.

Flood Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Flood Watches
26
Busiest month
August9 flood watches
Busiest day
August 15, 20263 flood watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:51 PM MDTFlood WatchGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 days
Jul 19, 9:11 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTGunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel11 hr
Jul 21, 9:59 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTDelta, Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose and 3 more11 hr
Jul 21, 11:30 PM MDTFlood WatchPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache23 hr
Jul 22, 1:17 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more26 hr
Jul 28, 2:55 AM MDTFlood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more19 hr
Jul 28, 11:52 PM MDTFlood WatchPUBCostilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more24 hr
Jul 29, 11:22 AM MDTFlood WatchBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln10 hr
Aug 12, 11:46 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more12 hr
Aug 13, 2:18 AM MDTFlood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more22 hr
Aug 14, 10:25 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBEl Paso12 hr
Aug 14, 10:40 AM MDTFlood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 7 more11 hr
Aug 15, 1:06 AM MDTFlood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 13 more19 hr
Aug 15, 9:05 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBBent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more13 hr
Aug 15, 11:32 AM MDTFlood WatchGLDCheyenne13 hr
Aug 30, 4:18 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more41 hr
Aug 30, 11:36 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, La Plata33 hr
Sep 5, 4:31 PM MDTFlood WatchBOULogan, Phillips, Sedgwick10 hr
Sep 15, 12:12 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande72 hr
Sep 15, 10:44 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more61 hr
Sep 21, 10:35 PM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more51 hr
Sep 21, 10:51 PM MDTFlood WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande53 hr
Sep 27, 12:01 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more4 days
Sep 27, 12:45 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 6 more4 days
Sep 28, 11:48 AM MDTFlood WatchBOUArapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and 2 more59 hr
Sep 28, 11:59 AM MDTFlood WatchGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma3 days

By county

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

21 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. August 15, 20263flood watches
  2. July 22, 20262flood watches
  3. July 29, 20262flood watches
  4. August 14, 20262flood watches
  5. August 30, 20262flood watches
  6. September 15, 20262flood watches
  7. September 22, 20262flood watches
  8. September 27, 20262flood watches
  9. September 28, 20262flood watches
  10. June 22, 20261flood watches
  11. July 19, 20261flood watches
  12. July 21, 20261flood watches

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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.