Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, August 1997
86 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 86
- Busiest day
- August 17, 199717 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 10:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Denver, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 76 min |
| Aug 11, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 10:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Rio Blanco | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Mesa | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 1:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 2:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 22 min |
| Aug 16, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 8:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Conejos | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 12:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 93 min |
| Aug 28, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 79 min |
| Aug 29, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 63 min |
| Aug 31, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 63 min |
| Aug 31, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- El Paso County9
- Prowers County8
- Weld County8
- Kiowa County7
- Adams County7
- Washington County7
- Douglas County6
- Elbert County6
- Arapahoe County6
- Lincoln County6
- Denver County5
- Pueblo County5
- Baca County3
- Yuma County3
- Jefferson County3
- Las Animas County3
- Larimer County3
- Otero County2
- Logan County2
- Boulder County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Phillips County2
- Custer County1
- Fremont County1
- Rio Blanco County1
- Mesa County1
- Bent County1
- Crowley County1
- Morgan County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Conejos County1
- Kit Carson 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.