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Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, May 2017

26 mesoscale discussions in May 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.

Mesoscale Discussions by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
26
Busiest day
May 9, 20174 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDolores, Montezuma60 min
May 7, 4:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma95 min
May 8, 12:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 24 more89 min
May 8, 2:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 27 more91 min
May 8, 6:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 17 more87 min
May 9, 9:55 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLas Animas3 hr
May 9, 2:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas and 4 more91 min
May 9, 5:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Costilla, Crowley, Huerfano and 6 more66 min
May 9, 8:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers58 min
May 10, 1:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Costilla, Las Animas, Otero2 hr
May 15, 2:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Prowers114 min
May 16, 1:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 8 more119 min
May 16, 4:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma88 min
May 16, 8:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Yuma62 min
May 18, 2:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 3 more93 min
May 21, 3:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca2 hr
May 25, 12:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more115 min
May 26, 11:43 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Elbert and 4 more2 hr
May 26, 2:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 15 more97 min
May 26, 5:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 15 more2 hr
May 26, 7:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 8 more60 min
May 26, 9:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Yuma117 min
May 27, 1:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more2 hr
May 27, 6:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers2 hr
May 29, 1:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCostilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more58 min
May 31, 5:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCYuma66 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.