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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2003

32 severe thunderstorm watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
32
Busiest month
June9 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 23, 20032 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 6 more6 hr
Apr 29, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Elbert, El Paso, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington and 1 more5 hr
May 7, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 4 more6 hr
May 18, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArapahoe, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 4 more7 hr
May 22, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more6 hr
May 23, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more5 hr
May 23, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and 5 more5 hr
May 24, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more6 hr
May 26, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Lincoln and 5 more5 hr
May 30, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Crowley and 15 more6 hr
Jun 1, 12:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more6 hr
Jun 1, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Otero, Prowers6 hr
Jun 2, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 5 more5 hr
Jun 2, 10:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more5 hr
Jun 4, 11:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBent, Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo6 hr
Jun 11, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPhillips, Sedgwick5 hr
Jun 23, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Prowers, Yuma6 hr
Jun 23, 11:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick3 hr
Jun 28, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 21 more5 hr
Jul 3, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma5 hr
Jul 5, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson6 hr
Jul 5, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers5 hr
Jul 6, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma5 hr
Jul 7, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 3 more6 hr
Jul 11, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more5 hr
Jul 12, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 4 more6 hr
Jul 27, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Weld5 hr
Jul 31, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma5 hr
Aug 1, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more5 hr
Aug 9, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSedgwick5 hr
Aug 18, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 25 more5 hr
Aug 19, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 23, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  2. June 1, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  3. July 5, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  4. July 12, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  5. April 29, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  6. April 30, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 7, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  8. May 18, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  9. May 22, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  10. May 24, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  11. May 26, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  12. May 30, 20031severe thunderstorm watches

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.