Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings / 2023
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, August 2023
17 red flag warnings 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- August 19, 20233 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, 3:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 29 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:09 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 30 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:45 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:09 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:38 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 29 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:38 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:02 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:05 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 29 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:01 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Yuma | 18 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:50 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 16 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:07 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 18 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:31 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 33 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alamosa County6
- Conejos County6
- Costilla County6
- Rio Grande County6
- Saguache County6
- Yuma County4
- Delta County3
- Dolores County3
- Garfield County3
- La Plata County3
- Mesa County3
- Montezuma County3
- Montrose County3
- Ouray County3
- San Miguel County3
- Huerfano County3
- Las Animas County3
- Pueblo County3
- Kit Carson County3
- Archuleta County2
- Gunnison County2
- Hinsdale County2
- San Juan County2
- Custer County2
- Mineral County2
- Adams County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Broomfield County2
- Denver County2
- Douglas County2
- Elbert County2
- Lincoln County2
- Morgan County2
- Washington County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Logan County1
- Weld County1
- Moffat County1
- Rio Blanco County1
- Bent County1
2 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.