Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings / 2012
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, May 2012
23 red flag warnings in May 2012. 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20124 red flag warnings
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 3, 8:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel | 12 hr |
| May 3, 3:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Moffat and 5 more | 30 hr |
| May 4, 2:57 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 17 hr |
| May 4, 4:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Lake | 15 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel | 30 hr |
| May 4, 4:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 26 hr |
| May 15, 12:19 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 32 hr |
| May 15, 3:06 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington | 28 hr |
| May 17, 5:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 39 hr |
| May 17, 2:53 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 29 hr |
| May 18, 3:28 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 17 hr |
| May 18, 4:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 16 hr |
| May 21, 1:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 15 hr |
| May 21, 3:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 30 hr |
| May 22, 11:59 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 9 hr |
| May 22, 2:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 3 more | 32 hr |
| May 24, 2:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 8 more | 54 hr |
| May 25, 9:12 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 37 hr |
| May 25, 12:18 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Park | 56 hr |
| May 26, 4:11 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 18 hr |
| May 26, 3:39 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 28 hr |
| May 27, 3:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 17 hr |
| May 29, 9:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Delta County7
- Montrose County7
- Ouray County7
- San Miguel County7
- Gunnison County6
- Hinsdale County6
- Dolores County5
- La Plata County5
- Moffat County5
- Montezuma County5
- Rio Blanco County5
- Cheyenne County5
- Kit Carson County5
- Yuma County5
- Routt County4
- El Paso County4
- Teller County4
- Garfield County3
- Mesa County3
- Grand County2
- Jackson County2
- Summit County2
- Elbert County2
- Lincoln County2
- Logan County2
- Phillips County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Washington County2
- Douglas County2
- Jefferson County2
- Fremont County2
- Chaffee County1
- Lake County1
- Adams County1
- Arapahoe County1
- Boulder County1
- Broomfield County1
- Denver County1
- Larimer County1
- Morgan County1
4 more counties
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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. Rebuilt daily.