Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2023
53 winter storm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 53
- Busiest month
- March11 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 12, 20234 winter storm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 1:06 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 36 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:52 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:47 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | El Paso | 10 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:02 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 33 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:03 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:13 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:38 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:15 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 47 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:51 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:09 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:49 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:40 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:18 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:14 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:43 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 13 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:14 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mesa and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:48 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:04 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 19 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:18 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:19 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:16 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:50 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:53 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:49 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:05 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:13 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:52 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:12 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:25 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:23 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 23 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:53 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:40 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 23 hr |
| May 10, 9:02 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:51 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:37 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:25 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 12 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:22 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:49 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 12 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:26 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:27 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 22 hr |
| Nov 22, 2:45 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 13 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:02 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 13 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:36 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 13 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:09 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Mineral, Rio Grande | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:38 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:48 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:50 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:16 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:08 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo | 11 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:03 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:40 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:05 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:46 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | El Paso | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Boulder County9
- Larimer County9
- Moffat County9
- Routt County9
- Chaffee County9
- Conejos County9
- Mineral County9
- Rio Grande County9
- Saguache County9
- Jefferson County8
- Huerfano County8
- Grand County8
- Jackson County8
- Archuleta County8
- Delta County8
- Dolores County8
- Hinsdale County8
- La Plata County8
- Mesa County8
- Montezuma County8
- Montrose County8
- San Juan County8
- San Miguel County8
- Kit Carson County7
- Costilla County7
- Las Animas County7
- Garfield County7
- Gunnison County7
- Custer County6
- Fremont County6
- Clear Creek County6
- Gilpin County6
- Park County6
- Ouray County6
- Lake County6
- Eagle County6
- Pitkin County6
- Rio Blanco County6
- Arapahoe County5
- Douglas County5
24 more counties
- Elbert County5
- El Paso County5
- Cheyenne County5
- Pueblo County5
- Alamosa County5
- Yuma County4
- Summit County4
- Broomfield County3
- Lincoln County3
- Crowley County3
- Otero County3
- Adams County2
- Denver County2
- Phillips County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Washington County2
- Weld County2
- Baca County2
- Bent County2
- Kiowa County2
- Prowers County2
- Teller County2
- Logan County1
- Morgan County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.