Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, August 2002

12 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
12
Busiest day
August 29, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more5 hr
Aug 20, 12:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips and 3 more5 hr
Aug 23, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma6 hr
Aug 23, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more6 hr
Aug 24, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Morgan, Washington, Yuma5 hr
Aug 26, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma5 hr
Aug 26, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more6 hr
Aug 27, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 6 more5 hr
Aug 28, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more5 hr
Aug 28, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 5 more4 hr
Aug 29, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGarfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco7 hr
Aug 29, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 8 more7 hr

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.