Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Colorado, 2018
5 tornado watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- June2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20181 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 28, 1:12 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington, Yuma | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:35 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:25 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:04 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Larimer and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:07 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 12 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kit Carson County5
- Washington County5
- Yuma County5
- Cheyenne County4
- Lincoln County4
- Logan County4
- Phillips County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Adams County3
- Arapahoe County3
- Elbert County3
- Morgan County3
- Weld County3
- Crowley County2
- El Paso County2
- Kiowa County2
- Larimer County2
- Otero County2
- Pueblo County2
- Baca County1
- Bent County1
- Boulder County1
- Broomfield County1
- Denver County1
- Douglas County1
- Huerfano County1
- Jefferson County1
- Las Animas County1
- Prowers County1
- Teller 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.