Alert archive / Colorado / Mesoscale Discussions / 2011
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, May 2011
12 mesoscale discussions in May 2011. 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 12
- Busiest day
- May 19, 20113 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers | 84 min |
| May 17, 4:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers, Washington, Yuma | 61 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Washington | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 18, 9:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Prowers | 2 hr |
| May 19, 1:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 3 more | 66 min |
| May 23, 2:17 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Denver and 10 more | 88 min |
| May 24, 1:24 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kit Carson | 96 min |
| May 24, 9:37 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Phillips and 2 more | 83 min |
| May 28, 8:27 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 30, 1:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Weld | 56 min |
| May 30, 4:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 58 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheyenne County8
- Kit Carson County8
- Kiowa County6
- Lincoln County6
- Washington County5
- Prowers County3
- Yuma County3
- Crowley County3
- Elbert County3
- Phillips County3
- Bent County2
- El Paso County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Weld County2
- Logan County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Baca County1
- Otero County1
- Pueblo County1
- Adams County1
- Boulder County1
- Broomfield County1
- Denver County1
- Douglas County1
- Gilpin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Morgan County1
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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.