Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 1997
8 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- July4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 5, 19972 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 24, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Denver and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Hinsdale, Mesa, Moffat and 6 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baca County5
- Prowers County5
- Kiowa County4
- Cheyenne County4
- Kit Carson County4
- Washington County4
- Bent County3
- Adams County3
- Arapahoe County3
- Elbert County3
- Lincoln County3
- Yuma County3
- Crowley County2
- Las Animas County2
- Otero County2
- Pueblo County2
- Boulder County2
- Broomfield County2
- Denver County2
- Douglas County2
- El Paso County2
- Jefferson County2
- Logan County2
- Morgan County2
- Teller County2
- Weld County2
- Larimer County1
- Phillips County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Delta County1
- Dolores County1
- Garfield County1
- Hinsdale County1
- Mesa County1
- Moffat County1
- Montrose County1
- Ouray County1
- Rio Blanco County1
- Routt County1
- San Juan County1
1 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.