NWS Denver COSV.W 0396September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Elbert, CO
The National Weather Service office in Denver issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Elbert in Colorado, which was in force until 3:00 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 396th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Denver issued in 2026. Colorado had 122 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 27 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Colorado's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 44 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Denver CO
- Area
- Elbert
- State
- Colorado
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:16 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 3:00 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOU SV.W 0396
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado since 2008Every warning type in Colorado
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The notice as issued
SVRBOU The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Elbert County in east central Colorado... * Until 300 PM MDT. * At 216 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest of Simla, or 26 miles west of Limon, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Mainly rural areas of Central Elbert County.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado since 2008628 a year
- Every warning type in Colorado
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels