Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings / 2020
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, August 2020
15 red flag warnings in August 2020. 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 15
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose and 4 more | 53 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:05 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:27 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer, Summit | 17 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:15 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:43 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 15 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:02 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 28 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:21 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 31 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:21 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:23 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco | 43 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Moffat County9
- Garfield County8
- Mesa County8
- Rio Blanco County8
- Eagle County7
- Pitkin County7
- Delta County6
- Montrose County5
- Ouray County5
- San Miguel County4
- Boulder County4
- Larimer County4
- Routt County3
- Grand County3
- Jackson County3
- Summit County3
- Dolores County2
- La Plata County2
- Montezuma County2
- Clear Creek County2
- Douglas County2
- Gilpin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Park County2
- Gunnison County2
- Hinsdale County2
- Archuleta County1
- San Juan County1
- Chaffee County1
- Conejos County1
- Lake County1
- Mineral County1
- Rio Grande County1
- Saguache County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Kit Carson County1
- Yuma County1
- Logan County1
- Morgan County1
- Phillips County1
3 more counties
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Sources
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