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High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2017
16 high wind watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- March7 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 5, 20173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:08 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 313 days |
| Jan 7, 3:22 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson, Larimer, Weld | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:27 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:29 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:37 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:02 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:03 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 10 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:47 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:16 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:15 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:18 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 23 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:30 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 10 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:40 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:41 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:30 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Boulder County8
- Larimer County8
- Douglas County7
- Jefferson County7
- El Paso County5
- Huerfano County5
- Las Animas County5
- Clear Creek County5
- Gilpin County5
- Park County5
- Alamosa County4
- Costilla County4
- Custer County4
- Fremont County4
- Pueblo County4
- Saguache County4
- Teller County4
- Chaffee County3
- Weld County3
- Broomfield County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Elbert County2
- Lincoln County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Kit Carson County2
- Yuma County2
- Baca County2
- Bent County2
- Crowley County2
- Kiowa County2
- Otero County2
- Prowers County2
- Grand County2
- Jackson County2
- Summit County2
- Adams County1
- Denver County1
- Logan County1
- Morgan County1
- Phillips County1
2 more counties
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.