Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2026
56 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 56
- Busiest month
- June34 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 24, 20267 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco | 39 min |
| May 17, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 22 min |
| May 21, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 38 min |
| May 21, 5:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 38 min |
| May 21, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| May 21, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| May 21, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 31 min |
| May 21, 6:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 28 min |
| May 21, 6:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 41 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 42 min |
| May 30, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 33 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 3:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 17 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 7:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 20 min |
| Jun 8, 10:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 11:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 7:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 5:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 19 min |
| Jun 23, 10:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 11:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 11:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 12:41 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 19 min |
| Jun 24, 4:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 4:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 5:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 6:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 7:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 7:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 8:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 16 min |
| Jul 3, 7:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 11:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 9:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 3:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Custer | 14 min |
| Sep 19, 6:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 9 min |
| Sep 20, 9:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County12
- Logan County9
- Kit Carson County6
- Lincoln County4
- Adams County4
- Elbert County4
- Cheyenne County4
- Pueblo County4
- Yuma County3
- Phillips County3
- Sedgwick County3
- Weld County3
- Crowley County3
- Las Animas County3
- Arapahoe County2
- Prowers County2
- El Paso County2
- Otero County2
- Huerfano County2
- Morgan County2
- Kiowa County2
- Moffat County1
- Rio Blanco County1
- Bent County1
- Custer County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.