521  
WWUS85 KBOU 221942  
SPSBOU  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO  
142 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
COZ040-041-222030-  
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND  
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY CO-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND  
EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET CO-  
142 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE  
WEST  
CENTRAL ELBERT AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT...  
 
AT 142 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
FRANKTOWN, OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...  
CASTLE ROCK, PARKER, ELIZABETH, THE PINERY, FRANKTOWN, PONDEROSA  
PARK, SOUTHEASTERN CASTLE PINES AND CASTLEWOOD CANYON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
PREPARE FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A  
SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3953 10485 3958 10483 3958 10475 3940 10445  
3926 10474 3934 10489  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 225DEG 13KT 3936 10474  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
HIRIS  
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