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Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2023

179 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
179
Busiest month
June71 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 10, 202315 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 2:32 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Weld14 min
Apr 25, 2:42 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUWeld33 min
May 10, 2:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas, Jefferson, Park30 min
May 10, 2:19 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller26 min
May 10, 2:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller21 min
May 10, 2:56 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas, Jefferson34 min
May 10, 2:57 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas33 min
May 10, 3:10 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller20 min
May 10, 3:30 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas, Jefferson15 min
May 10, 3:32 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert28 min
May 10, 3:32 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas28 min
May 10, 3:57 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert33 min
May 10, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver31 min
May 10, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe24 min
May 10, 5:04 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe26 min
May 10, 5:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Washington26 min
May 10, 5:52 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan23 min
May 10, 6:11 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Washington34 min
May 10, 6:14 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan31 min
May 10, 6:33 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Morgan27 min
May 10, 6:39 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington36 min
May 10, 6:55 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Weld35 min
May 11, 10:37 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne23 min
May 11, 11:56 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma16 min
May 11, 12:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma22 min
May 11, 2:09 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick21 min
May 11, 4:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne19 min
May 11, 4:53 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne21 min
May 11, 4:57 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne21 min
May 24, 5:16 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo29 min
May 24, 5:18 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo15 min
May 24, 6:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln33 min
May 26, 4:02 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld28 min
May 26, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld9 min
May 26, 4:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan26 min
May 26, 7:06 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUWashington24 min
May 27, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent27 min
May 27, 5:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa31 min
May 27, 5:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa31 min
May 27, 6:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers31 min
May 30, 3:58 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBProwers17 min
May 30, 4:12 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBKiowa, Prowers22 min
May 30, 5:10 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers35 min
May 31, 2:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa34 min
May 31, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa18 min
Jun 6, 5:41 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUWeld10 min
Jun 12, 1:28 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 12, 1:28 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 12, 1:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo38 min
Jun 12, 2:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Jun 12, 2:23 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln26 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo17 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero37 min
Jun 16, 5:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson32 min
Jun 16, 6:15 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero15 min
Jun 16, 6:49 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Las Animas11 min
Jun 16, 7:22 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers23 min
Jun 16, 7:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca31 min
Jun 16, 7:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson26 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers34 min
Jun 16, 7:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers38 min
Jun 16, 7:56 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca34 min
Jun 16, 8:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca35 min
Jun 17, 1:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo25 min
Jun 21, 3:33 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan27 min
Jun 21, 3:51 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOULogan, Morgan, Washington24 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington25 min
Jun 21, 4:21 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington24 min
Jun 21, 4:37 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatBOUWashington23 min
Jun 21, 4:47 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld28 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 21, 4:54 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatBOUWashington21 min
Jun 21, 5:10 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatBOUWashington35 min
Jun 21, 5:13 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan17 min
Jun 21, 5:25 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan20 min
Jun 21, 5:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Washington33 min
Jun 21, 5:41 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan19 min
Jun 21, 5:52 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatBOUWashington23 min
Jun 21, 6:23 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan22 min
Jun 21, 6:26 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington34 min
Jun 21, 6:53 PM MDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatBOUWashington37 min
Jun 21, 7:39 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington15 min
Jun 21, 9:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso38 min
Jun 21, 10:28 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo32 min
Jun 21, 11:30 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo15 min
Jun 22, 12:05 AM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo25 min
Jun 22, 1:36 AM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo24 min
Jun 22, 3:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas23 min
Jun 22, 3:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas38 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM MDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatBOUDouglas6 min
Jun 22, 7:49 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso26 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas24 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers24 min
Jun 23, 5:45 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca30 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers32 min
Jun 23, 6:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jun 23, 6:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers34 min
Jun 23, 6:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers31 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca47 min
Jun 23, 7:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers14 min
Jun 23, 8:38 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan22 min
Jun 23, 8:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan26 min
Jun 23, 8:53 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan37 min
Jun 23, 9:13 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan17 min
Jun 23, 9:23 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington37 min
Jun 26, 9:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan30 min
Jun 28, 6:44 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOULogan, Weld31 min
Jun 28, 7:08 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan37 min
Jun 28, 10:53 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan37 min
Jun 28, 11:08 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington37 min
Jun 28, 11:42 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington33 min
Jun 29, 12:01 AM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan29 min
Jun 29, 12:26 AM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Washington34 min
Jun 30, 1:58 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson32 min
Jun 30, 3:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas25 min
Jul 5, 5:10 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas35 min
Jul 5, 9:45 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent30 min
Jul 6, 9:42 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers33 min
Jul 6, 10:00 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers30 min
Jul 6, 10:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers35 min
Jul 7, 12:20 AM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Prowers40 min
Jul 7, 12:45 AM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Prowers30 min
Jul 7, 1:18 AM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca27 min
Jul 7, 5:27 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller33 min
Jul 8, 3:25 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma35 min
Jul 8, 3:55 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert35 min
Jul 8, 4:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Washington23 min
Jul 8, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero36 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
Jul 8, 7:40 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero35 min
Jul 8, 8:08 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero22 min
Jul 8, 8:35 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas25 min
Jul 8, 8:56 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBaca, Las Animas34 min
Jul 13, 2:05 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOULincoln25 min
Jul 13, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas27 min
Jul 13, 4:48 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBKiowa, Prowers42 min
Jul 13, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas33 min
Jul 13, 7:02 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca43 min
Jul 13, 8:34 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
Jul 13, 9:04 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
Jul 13, 9:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas34 min
Jul 20, 1:58 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller12 min
Jul 20, 6:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent, Prowers22 min
Jul 20, 8:30 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBaca30 min
Jul 20, 8:38 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas15 min
Jul 20, 8:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca25 min
Jul 20, 9:11 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca34 min
Jul 20, 9:41 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca34 min
Jul 29, 5:28 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams17 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUAdams, Weld9 min
Aug 5, 1:43 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBEl Paso47 min
Aug 5, 1:49 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBEl Paso26 min
Aug 5, 2:04 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller26 min
Aug 5, 2:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
Aug 5, 3:08 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 5, 3:27 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo48 min
Aug 5, 3:49 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo26 min
Aug 5, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo31 min
Aug 5, 4:09 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo36 min
Aug 5, 4:36 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo24 min
Aug 5, 7:00 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas30 min
Aug 5, 7:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas35 min
Aug 5, 8:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas29 min
Aug 8, 4:31 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington29 min
Aug 8, 4:44 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma46 min
Aug 8, 5:08 PM MDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatGLDYuma37 min
Aug 8, 5:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma32 min
Aug 8, 6:10 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma35 min
Aug 8, 6:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma27 min
Aug 8, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma61 min
Aug 8, 7:17 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln28 min
Aug 8, 7:20 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson40 min
Aug 8, 7:21 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa39 min
Aug 8, 7:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne38 min
Aug 8, 7:55 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson35 min
Aug 8, 10:27 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne33 min
Aug 8, 10:40 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa17 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 10, 202315tornado warnings
  2. June 21, 202314tornado warnings
  3. May 11, 202312tornado warnings
  4. June 22, 202312tornado warnings
  5. August 5, 202311tornado warnings
  6. June 17, 202310tornado warnings
  7. June 24, 202310tornado warnings
  8. August 9, 202310tornado warnings
  9. June 29, 20237tornado warnings
  10. July 7, 20237tornado warnings
  11. June 23, 20236tornado warnings
  12. July 9, 20236tornado warnings

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.