Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2009
113 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 113
- Busiest month
- June68 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 14, 200913 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:53 AM MST | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 18 min |
| Apr 17, 7:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 58 min |
| May 24, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 25 min |
| May 25, 12:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 5:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Weld | 19 min |
| Jun 7, 1:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 1:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 2:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 3:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 4:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 7:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Weld | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 4:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 2:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 4:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 5:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 6:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 1:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 1:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 20 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 9:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 6:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 8:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 2:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 2:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Weld | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 3:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 1:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 2:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 2:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 9:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 10:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 20 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 8:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 19 min |
| Jun 26, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 4:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 7:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 10:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 21 min |
| Jul 11, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 22 min |
| Jul 12, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 13 min |
| Jul 17, 4:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 5:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 64 min |
| Jul 20, 10:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 11:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 7:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 12:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 1:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 1:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 6:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 10:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 10:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 3:33 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 4:00 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Aug 17, 6:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 1:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Park | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 1:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 1:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Teller | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 2:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 59 min |
| Sep 3, 3:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 20 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Elbert County18
- Adams County15
- Weld County15
- Lincoln County15
- Arapahoe County11
- Logan County9
- Morgan County8
- Bent County8
- Otero County7
- Washington County6
- Prowers County6
- Denver County6
- Sedgwick County6
- Baca County5
- Las Animas County5
- Douglas County5
- Crowley County5
- El Paso County4
- Kiowa County4
- Kit Carson County4
- Broomfield County4
- Phillips County3
- Larimer County3
- Pueblo County3
- Teller County3
- Jefferson County2
- Yuma County2
- Huerfano County2
- Cheyenne County1
- Park 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.