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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 19, 2026Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2026, 2:43 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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: Sep 19, 2026, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2026, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The radar

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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 Sep 19, 12:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 12:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 12:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 2:12 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 2:21 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 12:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Arapahoe	47 min
Sep 19, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert	52 min
Sep 19, 1:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Elbert	2 hr
Sep 19, 1:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	29 min
Sep 19, 2:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	52 min
Sep 19, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	44 min
Sep 19, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Washington	51 min
Sep 19, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	46 min
Sep 19, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Lincoln	38 min
Sep 19, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Larimer	49 min
Sep 19, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Weld	46 min
Sep 19, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.