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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2008

27 severe thunderstorm watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
27
Busiest month
June12 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 3, 20083 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
May 5, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers9 hr
May 8, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers6 hr
May 9, 1:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma6 hr
May 21, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 2 more7 hr
May 29, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Las Animas and 2 more10 hr
May 29, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Prowers5 hr
Jun 1, 1:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more3 hr
Jun 2, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma6 hr
Jun 2, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more6 hr
Jun 3, 1:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 4 more3 hr
Jun 3, 1:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more6 hr
Jun 5, 4:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Custer, Huerfano and 11 more6 hr
Jun 17, 12:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more7 hr
Jun 18, 12:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 10 more8 hr
Jun 19, 12:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 8 more7 hr
Jun 19, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Elbert and 10 more27 hr
Jun 20, 11:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Custer, Douglas and 11 more7 hr
Jun 23, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more7 hr
Jul 25, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLarimer, Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld6 hr
Aug 3, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma7 hr
Aug 11, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson3 hr
Aug 14, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more6 hr
Aug 15, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Costilla, Las Animas7 hr
Sep 7, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more7 hr
Oct 11, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCostilla, Huerfano, Las Animas7 hr
Oct 11, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers5 hr
Oct 21, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 1 more8 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. June 3, 20083severe thunderstorm watches
  2. June 20, 20082severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 5, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  4. May 8, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  5. May 9, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  6. May 21, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 29, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  8. May 30, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  9. June 1, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  10. June 2, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 5, 20081severe thunderstorm watches
  12. June 17, 20081severe 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.