Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, August 2008
24 tornado warnings in August 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 August 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 24
- Busiest day
- August 13, 20084 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Elbert County7
- Douglas County5
- Adams County3
- Alamosa County3
- Costilla County3
- Arapahoe County3
- Weld County2
- Huerfano County2
- Baca County2
- Prowers County2
- El Paso County2
- Kiowa County2
- Saguache County2
- Broomfield County1
- Denver County1
- Boulder County1
- Larimer County1
- Crowley County1
- Lincoln County1
- Custer County1
- Rio Grande County1
- Pueblo County1
- Teller County1
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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.