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Mesoscale Discussion 2154

August 27, 202622 counties in Colorado; Colfax County, Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico; Laramie County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2026, 3:02 PM MDT for 22 counties in Colorado; Colfax County, Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico; Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2026, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2026, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 26 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Weld County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Elbert94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2026Every 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.