Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, May 2021

201 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 201
Busiest day: May 16, 202130 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 2, 11:40 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	50 min
May 2, 1:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Logan, Morgan, Washington	28 min
May 2, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
May 2, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 2, 2:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	44 min
May 2, 2:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	32 min
May 2, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	57 min
May 2, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	51 min
May 2, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	53 min
May 2, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 2, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	52 min
May 2, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	61 min
May 2, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	39 min
May 2, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
May 2, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
May 2, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	48 min
May 2, 6:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	23 min
May 8, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	41 min
May 8, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	29 min
May 8, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	55 min
May 8, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	72 min
May 8, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	61 min
May 12, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Phillips, Washington	32 min
May 13, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	47 min
May 14, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 14, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	42 min
May 14, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	31 min
May 14, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	59 min
May 14, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	58 min
May 14, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	48 min
May 14, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington	25 min
May 14, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	65 min
May 14, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	41 min
May 14, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	60 min
May 14, 7:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	28 min
May 14, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	39 min
May 14, 7:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	50 min
May 14, 7:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
May 14, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
May 14, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Weld	46 min
May 14, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	53 min
May 14, 8:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan	38 min
May 14, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Washington	46 min
May 15, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
May 15, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	63 min
May 15, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	59 min
May 15, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	63 min
May 15, 6:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	23 min
May 15, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	64 min
May 15, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	64 min
May 15, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
May 15, 8:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	45 min
May 15, 9:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	12 min
May 15, 10:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	20 min
May 16, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	34 min
May 16, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano	51 min
May 16, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano	51 min
May 16, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	32 min
May 16, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	55 min
May 16, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	28 min
May 16, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	68 min
May 16, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	64 min
May 16, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	33 min
May 16, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	68 min
May 16, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	78 min
May 16, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	32 min
May 16, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	62 min
May 16, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	42 min
May 16, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	36 min
May 16, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	18 min
May 16, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	35 min
May 16, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
May 16, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	45 min
May 16, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	63 min
May 16, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	61 min
May 16, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
May 16, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	62 min
May 16, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	35 min
May 16, 6:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	70 min
May 16, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	35 min
May 16, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	62 min
May 16, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	45 min
May 16, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	36 min
May 16, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	29 min
May 17, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	61 min
May 17, 3:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	54 min
May 17, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
May 17, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	69 min
May 20, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Weld	48 min
May 20, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan	30 min
May 21, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	24 min
May 21, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	26 min
May 21, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	18 min
May 21, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	14 min
May 21, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	36 min
May 21, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	33 min
May 21, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	37 min
May 21, 7:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	32 min
May 22, 1:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
May 22, 1:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Logan, Morgan, Washington	49 min
May 22, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas, Elbert	28 min
May 22, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Morgan, Washington	33 min
May 22, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	29 min
May 22, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	44 min
May 22, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Sedgwick	48 min
May 22, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	27 min
May 22, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 22, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	35 min
May 22, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	46 min
May 22, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	27 min
May 22, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Weld	26 min
May 22, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	25 min
May 22, 5:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	42 min
May 22, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	33 min
May 22, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 22, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	63 min
May 22, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	46 min
May 22, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	26 min
May 22, 8:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	28 min
May 22, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 22, 9:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	38 min
May 23, 12:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	33 min
May 23, 12:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 23, 12:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	40 min
May 23, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	36 min
May 23, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	31 min
May 23, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington	46 min
May 23, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	29 min
May 23, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Phillips, Washington	32 min
May 23, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	34 min
May 23, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	33 min
May 23, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	61 min
May 23, 6:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	41 min
May 23, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	48 min
May 23, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	39 min
May 23, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	26 min
May 23, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	36 min
May 23, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	50 min
May 23, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	50 min
May 23, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	29 min
May 23, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	55 min
May 24, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	43 min
May 24, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	44 min
May 24, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	63 min
May 24, 3:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	41 min
May 24, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
May 26, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Weld	48 min
May 26, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Weld	42 min
May 26, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Sedgwick	31 min
May 28, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
May 28, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	22 min
May 28, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 29, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	27 min
May 29, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	35 min
May 29, 2:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	41 min
May 29, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 29, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas	23 min
May 29, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	31 min
May 29, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	52 min
May 29, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
May 29, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
May 29, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 29, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	49 min
May 29, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 29, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 29, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 29, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
May 29, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	32 min
May 29, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	29 min
May 29, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	36 min
May 29, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	25 min
May 29, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
May 29, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	29 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	52 min
May 29, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	29 min
May 29, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	25 min
May 29, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
May 29, 7:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	36 min
May 29, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
May 29, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	23 min
May 29, 9:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 29, 9:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	35 min
May 29, 10:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 29, 11:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 30, 12:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	47 min
May 30, 1:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
May 30, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 30, 1:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
May 30, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
May 30, 2:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	37 min
May 30, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
May 30, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	42 min
May 30, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 30, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	32 min
May 30, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	34 min
May 30, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
May 30, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 30, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	23 min
May 30, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
May 31, 12:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	La Plata	23 min
May 31, 12:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	La Plata	12 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.