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High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2020
15 high wind watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- November6 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- December 22, 20203 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 16, 4:33 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:11 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller | 13 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:36 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 10 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:05 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Otero, Pueblo | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:06 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 10 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:23 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 24 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:45 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Washington | 14 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:06 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:11 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Nov 12, 8:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:20 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 9 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:19 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:47 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 18 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:52 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:39 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Larimer County5
- Boulder County4
- Pueblo County4
- Clear Creek County3
- Douglas County3
- Gilpin County3
- Jefferson County3
- Park County3
- Weld County3
- Custer County3
- El Paso County3
- Fremont County3
- Huerfano County3
- Baca County3
- Bent County3
- Prowers County3
- Crowley County3
- Otero County3
- Cheyenne County3
- Kit Carson County3
- Yuma County3
- Elbert County3
- Lincoln County3
- Logan County3
- Washington County3
- Las Animas County3
- Broomfield County2
- Teller County2
- Grand County2
- Jackson County2
- Alamosa County2
- Chaffee County2
- Costilla County2
- Rio Grande County2
- Saguache County2
- Kiowa County2
- Adams County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Morgan County2
- Phillips County2
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.