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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 1, 2026Douglas County, Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2026, 4:38 PM MDT for Douglas County, Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 1, 2026, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2026, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 12:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Jun 1, 2:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Denver CO
314 PM MDT Mon Jun 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     Hail             1 SE Bennett            39.74N 104.41W
06/01/2026  M1.75 Inch       Arapahoe           CO   Public

            Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:06 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Denver CO
406 PM MDT Mon Jun 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0338 PM     Hail             1 N Natural Fort        40.97N 104.92W
06/01/2026  E1.00 Inch       Weld               CO   Public

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:07 PM MDT, 31 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
Jun 1, 5:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Washington	34 min
Jun 1, 6:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Washington	37 min
Jun 1, 8:22 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Logan	38 min
Jun 1, 8:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Logan	47 min
Jun 1, 1:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	41 min
Jun 1, 1:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas	47 min
Jun 1, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas, Elbert	44 min
Jun 1, 1:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Weld	23 min
Jun 1, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	52 min
Jun 1, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe	37 min
Jun 1, 2:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	3 hr
Jun 1, 2:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	95 min
Jun 1, 2:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	39 min
Jun 1, 2:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	46 min
Jun 1, 2:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	53 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	43 min
Jun 1, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Larimer, Weld	38 min
Jun 1, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	47 min
Jun 1, 3:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Washington	39 min
Jun 1, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Larimer, Weld	18 min
Jun 1, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert	25 min
Jun 1, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Weld	41 min
Jun 1, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Washington	50 min
Jun 1, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Weld	25 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Morgan, Washington	41 min
Jun 1, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Morgan, Washington	28 min
Jun 1, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	39 min
Jun 1, 5:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Washington	45 min
Jun 1, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Washington	41 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	23 min
Jun 1, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	34 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Washington	32 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	15 min
Jun 1, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick	67 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.