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Tornado Watches in Colorado, 2004
13 tornado watches in 2004. 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 in 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- June5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 10, 20042 tornado watches
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 11, 1:40 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 6 hr |
| May 20, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Elbert, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:40 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:50 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:35 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:35 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baca County9
- Prowers County9
- Bent County9
- Crowley County9
- Kiowa County9
- Otero County9
- Pueblo County9
- Elbert County8
- El Paso County8
- Lincoln County8
- Las Animas County8
- Arapahoe County7
- Adams County6
- Washington County6
- Kit Carson County6
- Cheyenne County6
- Logan County5
- Morgan County5
- Weld County4
- Huerfano County4
- Broomfield County3
- Denver County3
- Douglas County3
- Yuma County3
- Boulder County2
- Jefferson County2
- Teller County2
- Phillips County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Gilpin County1
- Larimer 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.