Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2002
28 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- August12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 15, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 16, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Lincoln and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers, Yuma | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Morgan, Washington, Yuma | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Delta, Dolores, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel | 8 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Garfield, Mesa, Rio Blanco | 6 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prowers County12
- Bent County10
- Kiowa County10
- Cheyenne County10
- Lincoln County10
- Baca County9
- Logan County9
- Kit Carson County9
- Yuma County9
- Crowley County8
- Otero County8
- Phillips County8
- Washington County8
- Sedgwick County7
- Elbert County6
- Las Animas County5
- Pueblo County5
- Morgan County5
- Mesa County4
- Huerfano County3
- Douglas County3
- El Paso County3
- Garfield County3
- Montrose County3
- Rio Blanco County3
- Delta County2
- Dolores County2
- Moffat County2
- San Miguel County2
- Adams County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Boulder County2
- Broomfield County2
- Denver County2
- Gilpin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Larimer County2
- Weld County2
- Costilla County1
- Custer County1
3 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.