Tornado Watches in Colorado
221 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 221
- Busiest year
- 201018 tornado watches
- Average year
- 8over 29 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kit Carson County130
- Yuma County123
- Washington County116
- Logan County115
- Cheyenne County111
- Phillips County106
- Sedgwick County105
- Morgan County103
- Weld County92
- Lincoln County91
- Elbert County89
- Arapahoe County84
- Adams County81
- Kiowa County80
- Prowers County77
- Baca County75
- Bent County71
- Denver County58
- Crowley County58
- Otero County57
- Douglas County55
- El Paso County53
- Las Animas County46
- Pueblo County46
- Broomfield County39
- Jefferson County32
- Larimer County31
- Boulder County27
- Huerfano County21
- Teller County17
- Fremont County3
- Gilpin County2
- Costilla County1
- Custer County1
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:50 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:32 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 6 more | 6 hr |
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.