Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2019
34 severe thunderstorm watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- June13 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 1, 20192 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 17, 12:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Yuma | 9 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Las Animas | 9 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Lincoln | 8 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, Kit Carson and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morgan, Weld | 8 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Crowley and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kit Carson County18
- Washington County18
- Cheyenne County17
- Lincoln County17
- Morgan County16
- Weld County16
- Elbert County15
- Yuma County14
- Arapahoe County14
- Logan County13
- Adams County13
- Sedgwick County12
- Baca County11
- Bent County11
- Crowley County11
- Kiowa County11
- Prowers County11
- Phillips County11
- El Paso County10
- Otero County10
- Douglas County10
- Las Animas County9
- Pueblo County8
- Denver County7
- Boulder County6
- Broomfield County6
- Jefferson County6
- Larimer County6
- Teller County3
- Custer County2
- Fremont County2
- Huerfano County2
- Clear Creek County1
- Gilpin County1
- Grand County1
- Jackson County1
- Park County1
- Summit 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.