Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2002
46 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 46
- Busiest month
- August28 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 25, 200211 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GJT | Rio Blanco | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 5:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 12 min |
| Jun 3, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 7:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 7:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 71 min |
| Aug 9, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 99 min |
| Aug 24, 3:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 5:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 6:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 7:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 7:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 8:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 10:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 11:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 11:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 16 min |
| Aug 25, 1:28 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 2:00 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 2:33 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 2:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 3:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 7:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 9:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 4:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 4:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County10
- Elbert County6
- Prowers County5
- Lincoln County4
- Kit Carson County4
- Weld County4
- Morgan County3
- Logan County3
- Kiowa County2
- Adams County2
- Bent County2
- Yuma County2
- Jefferson County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Denver County2
- Douglas County2
- Rio Blanco County1
- El Paso County1
- Crowley County1
- Otero County1
- Las Animas County1
- Sedgwick 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. Rebuilt daily.