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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheyenne County7
- Kit Carson County7
- Lincoln County6
- Logan County6
- Washington County6
- Yuma County6
- Bent County5
- Kiowa County5
- Prowers County5
- Phillips County5
- Baca County4
- Elbert County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Morgan County4
- Crowley County3
- Otero County3
- El Paso County2
- Las Animas County2
- Pueblo County2
- Adams County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Boulder County2
- Broomfield County2
- Denver County2
- Douglas County2
- Gilpin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Larimer County2
- Weld County2
- Huerfano County1
- Garfield County1
- Mesa County1
- Moffat County1
- Montrose County1
- Rio Blanco County1
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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.