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Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2012

35 winter storm watches in 2012. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
35
Busiest month
February10 winter storm watches
Busiest day
January 20, 20123 winter storm 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 9:16 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa and 7 more19 hr
Jan 20, 4:30 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache11 hr
Jan 20, 4:31 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more7 hr
Feb 1, 4:09 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 9 more25 hr
Feb 1, 4:12 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma48 hr
Feb 1, 4:50 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBBent, El Paso, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers34 hr
Feb 10, 2:52 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande13 hr
Feb 10, 3:10 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 7 more23 hr
Feb 13, 2:43 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, La Plata7 hr
Feb 26, 4:13 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache11 hr
Feb 26, 4:16 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more11 hr
Feb 29, 3:41 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 6 more11 hr
Feb 29, 4:07 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache11 hr
Mar 1, 3:40 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more11 hr
Mar 6, 3:58 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 6 more28 hr
Mar 16, 2:55 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande24 hr
Mar 16, 4:25 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 7 more23 hr
Apr 1, 3:46 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more25 hr
Apr 2, 4:20 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller11 hr
Apr 2, 4:38 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert11 hr
Apr 12, 3:00 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more30 hr
Apr 12, 3:29 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more11 hr
Apr 13, 3:35 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more26 hr
Sep 11, 2:47 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more12 hr
Oct 10, 10:54 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more22 hr
Oct 11, 4:09 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache11 hr
Nov 7, 2:45 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache13 hr
Nov 7, 3:00 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 7 more12 hr
Nov 8, 3:23 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt13 hr
Dec 12, 1:56 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more13 hr
Dec 12, 3:39 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande12 hr
Dec 15, 5:01 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt10 hr
Dec 16, 5:15 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more35 hr
Dec 17, 4:28 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more35 hr
Dec 17, 3:36 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more22 hr

By county

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

23 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 20, 20123winter storm watches
  2. February 1, 20123winter storm watches
  3. February 10, 20122winter storm watches
  4. February 26, 20122winter storm watches
  5. February 29, 20122winter storm watches
  6. March 16, 20122winter storm watches
  7. April 2, 20122winter storm watches
  8. April 12, 20122winter storm watches
  9. October 11, 20122winter storm watches
  10. November 7, 20122winter storm watches
  11. December 12, 20122winter storm watches
  12. December 17, 20122winter storm watches

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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.