Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, August 2002
86 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 86
- Busiest day
- August 28, 200215 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 4, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 8:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Mesa | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Mesa | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Garfield | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 82 min |
| Aug 9, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 118 min |
| Aug 9, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 86 min |
| Aug 9, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 83 min |
| Aug 13, 1:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 93 min |
| Aug 20, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | San Miguel | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Montrose, San Miguel | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 9:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Mesa | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 11:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 56 min |
| Aug 23, 3:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Aug 23, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 56 min |
| Aug 23, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 89 min |
| Aug 24, 12:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 12:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 min |
| Aug 24, 1:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 7:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 10:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 11:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 3:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 5:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Aug 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 53 min |
| Aug 26, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 10:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 10:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 11:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 1:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 2:19 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Gilpin | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 2:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 6:06 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 28, 8:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 86 min |
| Aug 28, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 55 min |
| Aug 28, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 87 min |
| Aug 28, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 86 min |
| Aug 29, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Mesa | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yuma County10
- Weld County9
- Kit Carson County8
- Logan County5
- El Paso County5
- Bent County5
- Washington County5
- Mesa County4
- Las Animas County4
- Douglas County4
- Jefferson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Otero County3
- Cheyenne County3
- Elbert County3
- Sedgwick County2
- Adams County2
- Denver County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Kiowa County2
- Baca County2
- San Miguel County2
- Larimer County2
- Pueblo County2
- Morgan County1
- Garfield County1
- Prowers County1
- Crowley County1
- Montrose County1
- Phillips County1
- Gilpin County1
- Huerfano County1
- Fremont 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. Rebuilt daily.