Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2024

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, May 2024

159 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 159
Busiest day: May 31, 202431 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 1, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	45 min
May 1, 6:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	56 min
May 1, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	25 min
May 1, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	64 min
May 1, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	44 min
May 1, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	48 min
May 1, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	60 min
May 3, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	22 min
May 3, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	26 min
May 3, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	34 min
May 3, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
May 3, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	55 min
May 3, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	59 min
May 3, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	67 min
May 3, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	48 min
May 3, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	67 min
May 12, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	Mesa	37 min
May 15, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	32 min
May 18, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	38 min
May 18, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	51 min
May 18, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	26 min
May 18, 7:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	47 min
May 18, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	28 min
May 18, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	46 min
May 18, 9:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	40 min
May 18, 9:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	27 min
May 18, 10:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	37 min
May 18, 11:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	34 min
May 19, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	67 min
May 19, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan	42 min
May 19, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Logan, Phillips	35 min
May 20, 6:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan	38 min
May 20, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Morgan, Washington	52 min
May 20, 7:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan	41 min
May 20, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Morgan, Washington	24 min
May 20, 7:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan	39 min
May 20, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	63 min
May 20, 8:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Morgan, Washington	43 min
May 20, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan	37 min
May 20, 8:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Washington	46 min
May 20, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	16 min
May 20, 8:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	46 min
May 20, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Yuma	61 min
May 20, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	48 min
May 20, 9:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Yuma	64 min
May 20, 9:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Washington	46 min
May 20, 10:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	60 min
May 20, 10:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Washington	34 min
May 20, 10:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	33 min
May 20, 10:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Yuma	62 min
May 20, 10:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	46 min
May 25, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	41 min
May 25, 5:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	37 min
May 25, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	24 min
May 28, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 28, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
May 28, 3:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 28, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	13 min
May 28, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	27 min
May 28, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	26 min
May 28, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	48 min
May 28, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	32 min
May 28, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	27 min
May 28, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	49 min
May 28, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	14 min
May 28, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	27 min
May 28, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	34 min
May 28, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	26 min
May 28, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	35 min
May 28, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	31 min
May 28, 5:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	26 min
May 28, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	30 min
May 28, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	24 min
May 28, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	46 min
May 28, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	45 min
May 28, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	49 min
May 28, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	31 min
May 28, 6:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	27 min
May 28, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	32 min
May 28, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	29 min
May 28, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Washington	29 min
May 28, 7:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	24 min
May 28, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	34 min
May 28, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	49 min
May 28, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe	30 min
May 28, 9:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	39 min
May 28, 9:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Weld	37 min
May 28, 10:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Weld	46 min
May 28, 11:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Larimer, Weld	20 min
May 29, 1:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	27 min
May 29, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	35 min
May 29, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	24 min
May 29, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	31 min
May 29, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	44 min
May 29, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln, Washington	40 min
May 29, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	33 min
May 29, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	24 min
May 29, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	39 min
May 29, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	35 min
May 29, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	32 min
May 29, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln, Washington	44 min
May 29, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	32 min
May 29, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Lincoln, Washington	48 min
May 29, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	34 min
May 29, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	37 min
May 29, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln, Washington	28 min
May 29, 7:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	30 min
May 29, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Prowers	34 min
May 29, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	31 min
May 29, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
May 29, 8:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	35 min
May 29, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	31 min
May 29, 9:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	16 min
May 29, 10:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	23 min
May 29, 11:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	28 min
May 30, 12:16 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	29 min
May 30, 12:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	45 min
May 30, 1:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	24 min
May 30, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	40 min
May 30, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	33 min
May 30, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	32 min
May 30, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 30, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	35 min
May 30, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	30 min
May 30, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	30 min
May 30, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	23 min
May 30, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	33 min
May 30, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	31 min
May 30, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	35 min
May 30, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 30, 6:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	23 min
May 30, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	33 min
May 30, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	47 min
May 30, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	33 min
May 30, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	43 min
May 30, 8:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	38 min
May 30, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	19 min
May 30, 8:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Broomfield	43 min
May 30, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Weld	48 min
May 30, 9:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Weld	53 min
May 30, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	48 min
May 30, 9:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Weld	50 min
May 30, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Denver	45 min
May 30, 9:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	47 min
May 30, 10:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams	41 min
May 30, 10:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	48 min
May 30, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams	45 min
May 30, 10:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln, Washington	63 min
May 30, 10:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	40 min
May 30, 10:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	58 min
May 30, 10:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	48 min
May 30, 11:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas	38 min
May 30, 11:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln, Washington	58 min
May 31, 12:15 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	45 min
May 31, 3:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	26 min
May 31, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert	27 min
May 31, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe	30 min
May 31, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	39 min
May 31, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	42 min

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Sources

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