River Flood Watches in Colorado
44 river flood watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 44
- Busiest year
- 202314 river flood watches
- Average year
- 4over 10 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 County10
- Otero County7
- Routt County5
- Morgan County4
- Logan County3
- El Paso County3
- Gunnison County2
- Moffat County2
- Jackson County2
- Washington County2
- Weld County2
- Bent County2
- Fremont County1
- Lake County1
- Archuleta County1
- Dolores County1
- Hinsdale County1
- La Plata County1
- Montezuma County1
- San Juan County1
- San Miguel County1
- Delta County1
- Garfield County1
- Mesa County1
- Crowley County1
- Grand County1
- Boulder County1
- Larimer County1
- Summit County1
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:35 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer, Summit | 3 days |
| May 6, 9:24 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Otero | 24 hr |
| May 6, 9:24 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Pueblo | 54 hr |
| May 6, 9:24 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Bent | 4 days |
| May 6, 9:24 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Pueblo | 54 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.