Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2008
104 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 104
- Busiest month
- June51 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 4, 200812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 4:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 56 min |
| May 7, 12:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 43 min |
| May 9, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 38 min |
| May 22, 11:18 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| May 22, 11:35 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 25 min |
| May 22, 11:53 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 22 min |
| May 22, 12:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer | 32 min |
| May 22, 12:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder, Weld | 36 min |
| May 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| May 22, 2:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 16 min |
| May 22, 3:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 25 min |
| May 23, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 41 min |
| May 23, 3:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 21 min |
| May 23, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 44 min |
| May 23, 5:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 7:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 9:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 10:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 12:57 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 2:06 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 3:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 2:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 2:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 7:25 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 8:08 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 8:20 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 10:50 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 12:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 4:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 15 min |
| Jun 18, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 3:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 12:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 12:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 2:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 5:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 6:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 7:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 7:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 23, 6:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 6:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 4:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 4:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 14 min |
| Jul 2, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 8:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Denver, Weld | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Huerfano | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 4:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 12:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Custer | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 1:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Huerfano, Saguache | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 12:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Costilla | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 4:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 6:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County15
- Yuma County13
- Lincoln County13
- Elbert County12
- Weld County12
- Kit Carson County10
- Adams County9
- Kiowa County7
- Morgan County7
- Cheyenne County7
- Baca County6
- Prowers County5
- Douglas County5
- Larimer County4
- El Paso County4
- Arapahoe County4
- Alamosa County3
- Costilla County3
- Sedgwick County2
- Boulder County2
- Pueblo County2
- Huerfano County2
- Saguache County2
- Las Animas County1
- Logan County1
- Broomfield County1
- Denver County1
- Crowley County1
- Custer County1
- Rio Grande County1
- Teller 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.