Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1996
138 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 138
- Busiest month
- July60 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 31, 199614 tornado warnings
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 22, 6:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 31 min |
| May 22, 6:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 45 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 45 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 60 min |
| May 23, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| May 30, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| May 30, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| May 30, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| May 30, 7:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 30, 8:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 30, 9:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| May 31, 5:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 31, 5:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 1:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 8:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 9:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 6:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 6:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 7:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 2:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 2:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 2:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 3:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 4:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 1:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Teller | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 2:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 14 min |
| Jul 12, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 8:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 8:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 9:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 4:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 9:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 10:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 7:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 9:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 8:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 6:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 6:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 6:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 7:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 2:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 3:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 4:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 9:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 9:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 10:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 11:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 7:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 8:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 9:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 9:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 10:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 10:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 21 min |
| Aug 1, 5:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 5:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 6:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 7:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 7:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 7:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 7:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 8:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 9:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 19 min |
| Aug 4, 9:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 10:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 11:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 3:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 4:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 5:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 6:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 7:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 7:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 4:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 49 min |
| Sep 6, 4:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County30
- Weld County23
- Adams County22
- Arapahoe County15
- Elbert County15
- Lincoln County13
- Yuma County9
- Morgan County8
- Denver County6
- Kiowa County5
- El Paso County5
- Phillips County3
- Logan County3
- Baca County3
- Kit Carson County3
- Prowers County2
- Boulder County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Teller County2
- Jefferson County2
- Pueblo County2
- Las Animas County1
- Douglas County1
- Larimer County1
- Bent County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19951997
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. Rebuilt daily.