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WWUS85 KBOU 222222
SPSBOU
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
422 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026
COZ040-043-222300-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY CO-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW
6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY CO-
422 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL DENVER
SOUTHWESTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM MDT...
AT 422 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BARR LAKE, OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
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...
COMMERCE CITY, BRIGHTON, NORTHWESTERN DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
FORT LUPTON, LOCHBUIE, HUDSON, BARR LAKE, TODD CREEK, WATTENBURG
AND HENDERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4000 10490 4017 10488 4007 10454 3982 10478
3985 10491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 208DEG 20KT 3992 10481
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
HIRIS
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