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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2024

36 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
36
Busiest month
June11 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
July 19, 20243 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 1, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 3, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers7 hr
May 3, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Yuma7 hr
May 19, 12:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington7 hr
May 19, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCYuma4 hr
May 25, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCYuma7 hr
May 28, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers7 hr
May 28, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson4 hr
May 29, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 11 more6 hr
May 31, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more7 hr
Jun 1, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 9 more6 hr
Jun 2, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington8 hr
Jun 2, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers, Yuma7 hr
Jun 7, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers6 hr
Jun 8, 12:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 20 more9 hr
Jun 14, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 20 more7 hr
Jun 20, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Weld6 hr
Jun 21, 12:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDelta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat and 6 more8 hr
Jun 21, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLarimer, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Weld8 hr
Jun 27, 1:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDelta, Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma and 5 more6 hr
Jun 27, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma6 hr
Jul 3, 12:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCElbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington6 hr
Jul 3, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 4 more6 hr
Jul 7, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 12 more8 hr
Jul 16, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Prowers7 hr
Jul 19, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma10 hr
Jul 19, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Kiowa, Prowers6 hr
Jul 19, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPhillips, Sedgwick4 hr
Aug 7, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 2 more9 hr
Aug 11, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more6 hr
Aug 13, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more8 hr
Aug 19, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 8 more7 hr
Aug 22, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington, Yuma6 hr
Aug 25, 1:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDelta, Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma and 4 more7 hr
Sep 17, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more6 hr
Sep 17, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

9 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. July 19, 20243severe thunderstorm watches
  2. May 3, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 19, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  4. May 28, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 2, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 21, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  7. June 27, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  8. July 3, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  9. September 17, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  10. May 2, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  11. May 25, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  12. May 29, 20241severe thunderstorm watches

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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.