Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1988
70 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 70
- Busiest month
- June29 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- June 13, 198813 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington, Yuma | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Yuma | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick, Washington | 59 min |
| May 1, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 58 min |
| May 1, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 18, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 30, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 38 min |
| May 31, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Teller | 69 min |
| Jul 8, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 1:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Yuma | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 10:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 10:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Weld County18
- Washington County11
- Adams County9
- Morgan County9
- El Paso County8
- Logan County8
- Kiowa County7
- Larimer County7
- Arapahoe County6
- Yuma County4
- Pueblo County4
- Boulder County3
- Kit Carson County3
- Prowers County3
- Douglas County2
- Elbert County2
- Denver County2
- Lincoln County2
- Sedgwick County1
- Phillips County1
- Huerfano County1
- Otero County1
- Jefferson County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Bent County1
- Teller County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.