River Flood Warnings in Colorado
273 river flood warnings since 1986. 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 273
- Busiest year
- 201581 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 16over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pueblo County60
- Otero County35
- El Paso County30
- Bent County20
- Weld County19
- Morgan County16
- Routt County14
- Fremont County14
- Crowley County10
- Larimer County9
- Logan County9
- Washington County9
- Boulder County7
- Adams County6
- Jefferson County6
- Eagle County5
- Douglas County5
- Prowers County4
- Mesa County4
- Moffat County3
- Las Animas County3
- Rio Grande County3
- Gunnison County2
- Garfield County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Archuleta County2
- Lake County1
- Denver County1
- Grand County1
- San Miguel County1
- Montrose County1
- Dolores County1
- Montezuma County1
- Jackson County1
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 1:01 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Rio Grande | 11 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:16 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | GJT | Archuleta | 58 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:34 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | GJT | Archuleta | 21 days |
| May 6, 7:33 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 days |
| May 6, 7:33 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 35 hr |
Nearby
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.