Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2013
30 severe thunderstorm watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- June9 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- September 22, 20132 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 8 hr |
| May 16, 12:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips and 4 more | 9 hr |
| May 27, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Las Animas | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Crowley and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 20 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Cheyenne and 22 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers | 9 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers, Yuma | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheyenne County18
- Kit Carson County17
- Yuma County17
- Kiowa County16
- Prowers County16
- Washington County16
- Logan County15
- Baca County15
- Phillips County14
- Sedgwick County14
- Bent County13
- Lincoln County12
- Morgan County11
- Crowley County10
- Weld County10
- Otero County9
- Elbert County9
- Las Animas County8
- Adams County8
- Arapahoe County8
- El Paso County7
- Douglas County6
- Pueblo County4
- Denver County3
- Huerfano County3
- Broomfield County2
- Boulder County2
- Jefferson County2
- Larimer County2
- Teller County2
- Rio Blanco County2
- Moffat County1
- Archuleta County1
- Delta County1
- Dolores County1
- Eagle County1
- Garfield County1
- Gunnison County1
- Hinsdale County1
- La Plata County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.