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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 21, 2026Logan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2026, 4:30 PM MDT for Logan County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2026, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2026, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Logan County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 20, 5:44 PM MDT, 22 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 5:44 PM MDT, 22 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe37 min
May 21, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe30 min
May 21, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan33 min
May 21, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Washington42 min
May 21, 4:52 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln, Washington38 min
May 21, 5:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln, Washington38 min
May 21, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan43 min
May 21, 5:56 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington36 min
May 21, 5:59 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.