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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 3, 2026Adams County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2026, 5:21 PM MDT for Adams County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2026, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Adams County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 2:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:21 PM MDT, 5 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:52 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:15 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
521 PM MDT Fri Jul 3 2026

COZ040-045-040000-
North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and
Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County CO-Central and East
Adams and Arapahoe Counties CO-
521 PM MDT Fri Jul 3 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN DENVER AND WESTERN
ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm just
south of D.I.A Terminal and Concourses, or 16 miles east of Denver,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Denver International Airport, D.I.A Terminal and Concourses and
  Watkins.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3974 10460 3978 10476 4000 10470 4000 10443
      3999 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 210DEG 21KT 3980 10467

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

BRQ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 12:59 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	46 min
Jul 3, 1:04 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan	41 min
Jul 3, 2:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	28 min
Jul 3, 3:09 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick	2 hr
Jul 3, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Arapahoe	23 min
Jul 3, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Arapahoe	45 min
Jul 3, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Larimer	41 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Elbert	40 min
Jul 3, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Weld	38 min
Jul 3, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Adams	49 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.