Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings / 2023
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, May 2023
10 red flag warnings 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 10
- Busiest day
- May 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:47 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 41 hr |
| May 4, 2:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 29 hr |
| May 5, 12:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 33 hr |
| May 5, 1:56 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 30 hr |
| May 5, 3:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 30 hr |
| May 6, 3:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 6 more | 28 hr |
| May 7, 2:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 28 hr |
| May 8, 2:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and 1 more | 29 hr |
| May 8, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 28 hr |
| May 9, 2:46 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 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
- Custer County5
- Huerfano County5
- Las Animas County5
- Pueblo County5
- El Paso County4
- Baca County3
- Otero County3
- Teller County3
- Elbert County3
- Bent County2
- Crowley County2
- Kiowa County2
- Prowers County2
- Lincoln County2
- Cheyenne County1
- Kit Carson County1
- Arapahoe County1
- Clear Creek County1
- Douglas County1
- Gilpin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Park County1
- Fremont County1
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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.