High Wind Warnings in Colorado
615 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 615
- Busiest year
- 202256 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 28over 22 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.
- Las Animas County174
- Larimer County162
- Huerfano County159
- El Paso County144
- Pueblo County143
- Boulder County140
- Douglas County133
- Costilla County131
- Jefferson County131
- Clear Creek County124
- Gilpin County124
- Park County124
- Alamosa County121
- Fremont County120
- Saguache County120
- Custer County114
- Weld County112
- Kit Carson County111
- Cheyenne County105
- Yuma County103
- Chaffee County94
- Teller County93
- Baca County89
- Bent County87
- Kiowa County86
- Logan County86
- Prowers County83
- Washington County83
- Phillips County81
- Sedgwick County81
- Otero County80
- Elbert County76
- Crowley County73
- Morgan County72
- Lincoln County71
- Broomfield County66
- Grand County64
- Jackson County62
- Summit County61
- Arapahoe County51
24 more counties
- Rio Grande County50
- Conejos County48
- Adams County45
- Garfield County29
- Rio Blanco County24
- Denver County23
- Mesa County23
- Moffat County23
- Lake County22
- Montrose County21
- Gunnison County20
- Delta County19
- Routt County18
- Dolores County17
- San Miguel County17
- Montezuma County15
- Eagle County12
- Pitkin County12
- La Plata County11
- Mineral County9
- Ouray County9
- Archuleta County8
- Hinsdale County5
- San Juan County5
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 11:11 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:03 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache | 33 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:02 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Park and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:27 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:06 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 31 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:28 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:00 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 6 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:26 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:02 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:48 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:22 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:07 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 13 more | 31 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.