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Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, August 2023
18 mesoscale discussions in August 2023. 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 18
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 12 more | 87 min |
| Aug 1, 6:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 86 min |
| Aug 2, 8:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Crowley, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 3 more | 84 min |
| Aug 3, 2:13 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Elbert, El Paso, Lincoln and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:52 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 83 min |
| Aug 4, 10:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers, Yuma | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:09 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 10 more | 96 min |
| Aug 5, 8:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Denver, Elbert, Kit Carson and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Phillips, Washington, Yuma | 115 min |
| Aug 8, 1:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 2:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 118 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kit Carson County12
- Yuma County11
- Cheyenne County10
- Phillips County10
- Sedgwick County10
- Washington County10
- Kiowa County9
- Lincoln County9
- Logan County9
- Adams County8
- Arapahoe County8
- Elbert County8
- Bent County7
- Crowley County7
- Morgan County7
- Prowers County7
- Otero County5
- Weld County5
- Baca County5
- Denver County4
- El Paso County3
- Las Animas County3
- Douglas County2
- Jefferson County2
- Broomfield 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.