Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2016
11 high wind watches in 2016. 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 in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- February5 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20162 high wind 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:01 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:15 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:02 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:38 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Phillips and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:46 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 6 hr |
| Oct 15, 1:52 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:54 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:54 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:38 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:20 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 3 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Boulder County6
- Jefferson County6
- Larimer County6
- Clear Creek County5
- Gilpin County5
- Park County5
- Huerfano County5
- Las Animas County5
- Douglas County4
- Alamosa County4
- Chaffee County4
- Costilla County4
- Custer County4
- Fremont County4
- Saguache County4
- Broomfield County3
- Weld County3
- El Paso County3
- Pueblo County3
- Teller County3
- Lake County2
- Grand County2
- Jackson County2
- Summit County2
- Logan County1
- Phillips County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Conejos County1
- Mineral County1
- Rio Grande County1
- Baca County1
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. Rebuilt daily.