Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, August 1986
71 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 71
- Busiest day
- August 2, 198619 severe thunderstorm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington, Yuma | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 71 min |
| Jul 31, 9:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 66 min |
| Jul 31, 10:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 11:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 7:06 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 69 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 2:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 2:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 87 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 10:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Yuma | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Baca | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Aug 31, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 61 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- El Paso County13
- Elbert County9
- Washington County8
- Lincoln County8
- Weld County7
- Adams County7
- Pueblo County5
- Arapahoe County5
- Baca County4
- Prowers County4
- Otero County3
- Logan County3
- Morgan County3
- Boulder County3
- Larimer County3
- Yuma County2
- Las Animas County2
- Bent County2
- Kit Carson County2
- Crowley County1
- Park County1
- Custer County1
- Fremont County1
- Denver County1
- Jefferson County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Phillips County1
- Sedgwick County1
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.