Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2004
102 tornado warnings in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 102
- Busiest month
- June46 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 10, 200412 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 10, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| May 10, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 65 min |
| May 10, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 64 min |
| May 10, 8:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 58 min |
| May 10, 9:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| May 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| May 17, 4:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 20, 7:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 56 min |
| May 20, 8:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 58 min |
| May 20, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 62 min |
| May 22, 2:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 7:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 3:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 5:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 8:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 2:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 2:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 3:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Fremont | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 2:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 70 min |
| Jun 16, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 9:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 9:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 1:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 2:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 4:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 6:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 7:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 1:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 10:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 1:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 1:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 3:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 3:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 5:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 5:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 6:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 6:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 7:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 9:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 9:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 3:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 93 min |
| Aug 10, 10:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 8:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 66 min |
| Sep 14, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| Sep 14, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| Sep 14, 5:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 67 min |
| Oct 4, 4:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 44 min |
| Oct 4, 4:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Oct 5, 12:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GJT | La Plata | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County14
- Elbert County11
- Lincoln County11
- El Paso County9
- Weld County8
- Arapahoe County8
- Bent County8
- Cheyenne County7
- Prowers County7
- Logan County6
- Adams County5
- Las Animas County5
- Morgan County4
- Baca County4
- Crowley County4
- Pueblo County4
- Yuma County3
- Kit Carson County2
- Denver County2
- Douglas County2
- Kiowa County2
- Jefferson County1
- Fremont County1
- Alamosa County1
- Larimer County1
- La Plata 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. Rebuilt daily.