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Mesoscale Discussion 2002

August 16, 202617 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2026, 3:50 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2026, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2026, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 587

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 12:33 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, Denver, Douglas and 9 more	117 min
Aug 16, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 19 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2026 Every mesoscale discussion 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.