Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2016
22 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- June8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 27, 20162 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 15, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 7 hr |
| May 16, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Las Animas | 11 hr |
| May 30, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers, Yuma | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 8 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Yuma | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kit Carson County12
- Yuma County12
- Cheyenne County11
- Phillips County9
- Sedgwick County9
- Kiowa County9
- Baca County8
- Prowers County8
- Las Animas County7
- Bent County7
- Logan County6
- Washington County6
- Otero County6
- Lincoln County5
- Crowley County5
- El Paso County5
- Morgan County4
- Pueblo County4
- Elbert County3
- Weld County3
- Huerfano County2
- Adams County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Boulder County1
- Broomfield County1
- Denver County1
- Douglas County1
- Jefferson County1
- Larimer County1
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.