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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 374, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2026, 2:33 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 27, 2026, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2026, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Elbert County, CO
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 Aug 27, 11:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 11:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 26, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 6:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 6:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 7:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 7:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Washington | 14 min |
| Aug 26, 7:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Lincoln, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 8:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Gilpin | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.