Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2025
40 severe thunderstorm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- June13 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 2, 20252 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 23, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more | 8 hr |
| May 14, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 5 hr |
| May 23, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 24, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Teller | 9 hr |
| May 24, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| May 28, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Las Animas, Lincoln, Otero and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver, Douglas and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Kiowa, Prowers | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Weld | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Crowley, Custer and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Elbert and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Las Animas | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Larimer, Morgan, Weld | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 23 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Lincoln and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County23
- Morgan County22
- Washington County22
- Kiowa County19
- Kit Carson County19
- Lincoln County19
- Phillips County19
- Sedgwick County19
- Cheyenne County18
- Yuma County17
- Prowers County16
- Crowley County16
- Weld County16
- Elbert County15
- Otero County15
- Baca County14
- Bent County14
- El Paso County14
- Las Animas County12
- Arapahoe County12
- Pueblo County11
- Adams County11
- Douglas County6
- Denver County6
- Larimer County6
- Teller County4
- Boulder County4
- Broomfield County4
- Huerfano County3
- Custer County2
- Fremont County2
- Jefferson County2
- Park 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.