Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, May 1998
112 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1998. 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 112
- Busiest day
- May 22, 199826 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| May 3, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| May 4, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| May 4, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| May 5, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 64 min |
| May 5, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| May 5, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| May 5, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 64 min |
| May 5, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| May 7, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 62 min |
| May 7, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 63 min |
| May 8, 12:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| May 8, 1:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 58 min |
| May 8, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| May 8, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 61 min |
| May 8, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| May 8, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| May 8, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 65 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| May 8, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 60 min |
| May 8, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 49 min |
| May 11, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 41 min |
| May 11, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 11, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 64 min |
| May 11, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| May 11, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 11, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 33 min |
| May 19, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 63 min |
| May 20, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| May 20, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 24 min |
| May 20, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| May 20, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| May 20, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| May 21, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 55 min |
| May 21, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| May 21, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| May 21, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 39 min |
| May 21, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 45 min |
| May 21, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 35 min |
| May 21, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| May 21, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| May 21, 10:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 34 min |
| May 22, 11:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson, Weld | 46 min |
| May 22, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 46 min |
| May 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 30 min |
| May 22, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 25 min |
| May 22, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 1:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| May 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 39 min |
| May 22, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| May 22, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| May 22, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 44 min |
| May 22, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 24, 10:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| May 24, 12:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 42 min |
| May 24, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 49 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 56 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 60 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 65 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| May 26, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 76 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Weld County27
- Yuma County15
- Washington County12
- Kit Carson County10
- Adams County10
- Logan County8
- Elbert County8
- Arapahoe County8
- Morgan County8
- Larimer County6
- El Paso County5
- Lincoln County5
- Prowers County4
- Otero County4
- Bent County4
- Kiowa County3
- Denver County3
- Douglas County3
- Jefferson County3
- Boulder County3
- Pueblo County3
- Phillips County2
- Crowley County2
- Baca County1
- Las Animas County1
- Huerfano 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.