Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2017
116 red flag warnings in 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 116
- Busiest month
- March34 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- February 27, 20174 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:50 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:37 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:16 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 5 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:10 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 28 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:43 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 7 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:59 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:42 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:36 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:41 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 37 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:25 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:26 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Kiowa, Prowers | 15 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:28 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 13 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:29 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, Teller | 20 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:40 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Yuma | 15 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:50 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:27 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 22 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:23 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:59 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:56 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:22 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:42 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 12 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:21 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Huerfano, Las Animas | 20 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:09 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca | 28 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:52 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:14 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:38 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:28 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:26 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 9 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:02 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:15 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 13 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:15 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 39 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:19 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:33 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 30 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:52 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:35 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:50 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:01 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 14 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:45 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:35 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:56 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 6 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:20 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 16 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:30 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:29 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:49 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 8 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 23 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:21 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 27 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:47 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 13 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 30 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:38 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:25 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:59 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 14 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel | 39 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:53 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Montrose, San Miguel | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:47 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:32 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:59 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, El Paso, Rio Grande, Saguache and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:41 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:43 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:38 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:02 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 34 hr |
| May 12, 1:43 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more | 29 hr |
| May 13, 1:21 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more | 30 hr |
| May 14, 3:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat and 5 more | 28 hr |
| May 15, 4:20 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Park | 15 hr |
| May 24, 5:09 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel | 38 hr |
| May 25, 3:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel | 28 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 11 more | 4 days |
| Jun 13, 3:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Park | 15 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:38 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Rio Grande, Saguache | 29 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Park, Summit | 29 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 28 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:47 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 28 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Mineral, Rio Grande and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:58 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 11 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:47 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 15 more | 33 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 31 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 32 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 30 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:58 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel | 30 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 21 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Morgan and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:25 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Montrose, San Miguel | 14 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:12 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa, Moffat and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:30 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 5 more | 38 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:12 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:02 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 27 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 21 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:28 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Yuma | 14 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:15 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Larimer, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 15 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:47 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:54 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 13 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:00 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 27 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:09 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 28 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:53 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 7, 1:48 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:31 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Larimer, Lincoln and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:58 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:10 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:31 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:32 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:18 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:00 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Kiowa, Prowers | 26 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:01 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 26 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:44 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:07 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 27 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- El Paso County27
- Huerfano County27
- Las Animas County25
- Pueblo County25
- Kit Carson County24
- Elbert County23
- Lincoln County23
- Cheyenne County22
- Douglas County22
- Arapahoe County20
- Yuma County19
- Baca County18
- Crowley County18
- Otero County18
- Fremont County18
- Montrose County18
- San Miguel County18
- Kiowa County17
- Washington County17
- Prowers County16
- Weld County16
- Bent County15
- Larimer County15
- Morgan County15
- Adams County14
- Logan County14
- Jefferson County13
- Phillips County13
- Sedgwick County13
- Garfield County13
- Mesa County13
- Dolores County13
- La Plata County13
- Montezuma County13
- Broomfield County12
- Costilla County12
- Saguache County12
- Delta County12
- Boulder County11
- Denver County11
22 more counties
- Ouray County11
- Park County10
- Teller County10
- Clear Creek County8
- Gilpin County8
- Custer County6
- Alamosa County6
- Conejos County6
- Rio Grande County6
- Moffat County6
- Rio Blanco County6
- Gunnison County5
- Hinsdale County5
- Eagle County4
- Pitkin County4
- Archuleta County3
- San Juan County3
- Routt County2
- Grand County2
- Summit County2
- Mineral County2
- Jackson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.