High Wind Watches in Colorado
381 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 381
- Busiest year
- 202239 high wind watches
- Average year
- 17over 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 County112
- Larimer County112
- Boulder County102
- Douglas County100
- Huerfano County99
- Jefferson County97
- Pueblo County89
- Clear Creek County89
- Gilpin County89
- Park County89
- Costilla County87
- Fremont County85
- Weld County80
- Custer County78
- Alamosa County78
- El Paso County76
- Saguache County76
- Kit Carson County72
- Cheyenne County69
- Chaffee County67
- Teller County66
- Yuma County63
- Baca County57
- Bent County56
- Prowers County56
- Logan County53
- Otero County52
- Broomfield County52
- Kiowa County51
- Elbert County48
- Washington County48
- Phillips County46
- Sedgwick County46
- Lincoln County45
- Crowley County45
- Grand County45
- Jackson County44
- Morgan County43
- Summit County42
- Arapahoe County34
24 more counties
- Adams County30
- Rio Grande County29
- Conejos County28
- Denver County18
- Garfield County14
- Montrose County13
- Delta County12
- Dolores County12
- Gunnison County12
- Mesa County12
- Montezuma County12
- San Miguel County12
- Lake County11
- Routt County11
- Moffat County10
- Rio Blanco County10
- La Plata County8
- Eagle County5
- Pitkin County5
- Archuleta County5
- Ouray County5
- Mineral County5
- Hinsdale County3
- San Juan County3
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:01 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:49 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:25 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:51 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:34 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:34 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:41 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 48 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:40 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 12 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:04 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Kiowa | 21 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:21 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 32 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.