Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, August 2008
121 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 121
- Busiest day
- August 15, 200816 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, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 11:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 100 min |
| Aug 5, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 85 min |
| Aug 6, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Mesa | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 9:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 10:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Garfield, Rio Blanco | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Garfield, Rio Blanco | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller | 90 min |
| Aug 11, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 9:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 22 min |
| Aug 13, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 87 min |
| Aug 14, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 97 min |
| Aug 14, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 87 min |
| Aug 14, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 73 min |
| Aug 14, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 12:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 72 min |
| Aug 15, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Huerfano | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 3:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 1:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Rio Grande, Saguache | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 83 min |
| Aug 20, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 58 min |
| Aug 23, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont, Saguache | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 22 min |
| Aug 25, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 9:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 9:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 10:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 89 min |
| Aug 30, 12:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yuma County14
- Huerfano County13
- El Paso County12
- Las Animas County12
- Elbert County11
- Weld County11
- Kit Carson County10
- Pueblo County10
- Fremont County9
- Custer County8
- Bent County7
- Washington County6
- Adams County6
- Otero County6
- Kiowa County6
- Prowers County6
- Crowley County6
- Lincoln County6
- Arapahoe County5
- Baca County5
- Morgan County5
- Teller County4
- Cheyenne County4
- Logan County3
- Douglas County3
- Rio Blanco County3
- Costilla County3
- Saguache County3
- Denver County2
- Garfield County2
- Larimer County2
- Alamosa County2
- Rio Grande County2
- Jefferson County1
- Phillips County1
- Mesa County1
- Moffat County1
- Chaffee 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.