Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2019
92 tornado warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 92
- Busiest month
- May33 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 27, 201914 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 22, 6:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 15 min |
| May 26, 2:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 37 min |
| May 26, 2:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 15 min |
| May 26, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 26 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 15 min |
| May 26, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 15 min |
| May 26, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 25 min |
| May 26, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 21 min |
| May 26, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 20 min |
| May 26, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 27, 1:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 33 min |
| May 27, 3:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 27 min |
| May 27, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 15 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 26 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 30 min |
| May 27, 9:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 24 min |
| May 27, 10:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 36 min |
| May 27, 11:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 14 min |
| May 27, 11:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| May 27, 11:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 15 min |
| Jun 8, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 2:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 3:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 6:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 7:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 3:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 3:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 10:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 21 min |
| Jul 8, 6:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 5:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Custer | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 21 min |
| Jul 27, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 4:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| Aug 8, 5:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 10:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 18 min |
| Aug 11, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 3:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 3:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 4:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 1:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 1:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 2:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 3:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 19 min |
| Aug 14, 5:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 10:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 10:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 7:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 5:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 7:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 24 min |
| Sep 6, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 21 min |
| Sep 13, 6:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yuma County16
- Kit Carson County11
- Kiowa County10
- Logan County8
- El Paso County8
- Weld County7
- Bent County7
- Cheyenne County7
- Prowers County6
- Washington County6
- Baca County5
- Adams County4
- Elbert County4
- Sedgwick County3
- Phillips County3
- Las Animas County3
- Arapahoe County2
- Lincoln County2
- Crowley County2
- Pueblo County2
- Custer County2
- Morgan County1
- Otero County1
- Fremont County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.