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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2012

13 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
13
Busiest month
June6 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
April 13, 20121 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 12, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne4 hr
Apr 26, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more6 hr
Apr 26, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 11 more7 hr
Apr 30, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca7 hr
Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 12 more7 hr
Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more8 hr
Jun 14, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Prowers9 hr
Jun 15, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln and 4 more7 hr
Jun 15, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma5 hr
Jun 22, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma9 hr
Jul 30, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma4 hr
Sep 26, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca7 hr
Sep 27, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more7 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.

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.