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Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, May 2023

31 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
31
Busiest day
May 10, 20234 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 3, 2:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca3 hr
May 5, 12:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWeld114 min
May 5, 2:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma2 hr
May 5, 6:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick2 hr
May 7, 11:49 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick116 min
May 9, 2:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson93 min
May 9, 7:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Broomfield, Denver, Weld2 hr
May 10, 12:17 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoulder, Broomfield, Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Weld58 min
May 10, 1:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 26 more2 hr
May 10, 4:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 9 more90 min
May 10, 6:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca88 min
May 11, 2:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick86 min
May 16, 12:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 5 more2 hr
May 17, 11:52 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Weld113 min
May 17, 12:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Las Animas2 hr
May 18, 12:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and 4 more2 hr
May 18, 4:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Washington, Yuma87 min
May 24, 2:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo119 min
May 25, 2:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo2 hr
May 26, 11:56 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 19 more2 hr
May 26, 4:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Lincoln and 4 more117 min
May 27, 4:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa117 min
May 27, 4:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMorgan, Weld87 min
May 29, 1:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick114 min
May 29, 5:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick2 hr
May 30, 1:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver, Douglas and 8 more2 hr
May 30, 3:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma86 min
May 30, 4:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Prowers119 min
May 30, 7:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more2 hr
May 31, 1:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers118 min
May 31, 2:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Morgan, Weld3 hr

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.