Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1997
61 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 61
- Busiest month
- June34 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 12, 19978 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 24, 3:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 29 min |
| May 27, 2:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 3:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 3:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 12:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 4:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 2:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 7:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 8:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 3:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 8:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 3:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 4:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 5:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 7:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 3:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 10:49 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 2:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 11:27 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 33 min |
| Oct 8, 11:44 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 min |
| Oct 8, 11:56 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| Oct 11, 7:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 45 min |
| Oct 11, 7:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Oct 11, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Oct 11, 7:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Oct 11, 8:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 58 min |
| Oct 11, 9:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 47 min |
| Oct 11, 9:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 43 min |
| Oct 11, 10:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County11
- Weld County9
- Elbert County7
- Adams County6
- Arapahoe County6
- Morgan County6
- Sedgwick County6
- Prowers County3
- Kit Carson County3
- Bent County3
- El Paso County2
- Denver County2
- Kiowa County2
- Lincoln County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Yuma County2
- Otero County2
- Las Animas County2
- Jefferson County1
- Larimer County1
- Douglas County1
- Boulder County1
- Washington County1
- Alamosa County1
- Crowley 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.