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Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2010
161 tornado warnings in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 161
- Busiest month
- May52 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 22, 201021 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 13, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 1:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 1:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 1:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 2:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 2:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 10 min |
| Apr 22, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 3:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 3:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 21 min |
| Apr 22, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 10 min |
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 11:16 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 1:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 2:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 38 min |
| May 10, 1:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 52 min |
| May 10, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| May 10, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| May 15, 1:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 18 min |
| May 15, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| May 15, 7:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 25 min |
| May 15, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 49 min |
| May 18, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 18, 3:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 39 min |
| May 18, 5:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 27 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 44 min |
| May 18, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 54 min |
| May 18, 6:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 41 min |
| May 18, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 39 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 12 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| May 18, 7:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 min |
| May 18, 7:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 20 min |
| May 18, 7:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| May 18, 8:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 21 min |
| May 23, 5:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 66 min |
| May 23, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 25 min |
| May 23, 8:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 58 min |
| May 23, 8:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| May 23, 11:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 17 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 25, 4:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| May 25, 4:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 25, 4:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| May 25, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 52 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| May 25, 8:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 32 min |
| May 26, 1:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 49 min |
| May 26, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 42 min |
| May 26, 6:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 19 min |
| May 31, 1:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 min |
| May 31, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 57 min |
| May 31, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 5:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 8:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 8:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 6:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 7:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 8:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 8:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 8:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 10:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 3:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 3:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Weld | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 4:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 6:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 7:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 8:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 3:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:10 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 6:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 6:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 7:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 7:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 8:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 6:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 6:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 6:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 8:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 8:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 8:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 8:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 8:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 9:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 3:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 7:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 7:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 6:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 20 min |
| Aug 9, 7:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 14 min |
| Aug 9, 8:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 1:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 2:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Weld County26
- Kiowa County20
- Elbert County18
- Morgan County18
- Cheyenne County17
- Adams County15
- Kit Carson County14
- Washington County14
- Baca County12
- Yuma County11
- Arapahoe County11
- Bent County10
- Lincoln County9
- Las Animas County7
- Denver County6
- Prowers County6
- Logan County6
- El Paso County6
- Otero County5
- Huerfano County4
- Pueblo County3
- Douglas County1
- Crowley County1
- Larimer County1
- Broomfield County1
- Jefferson 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.