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DENVER — Widespread rain is expected to settle across northeastern Colorado on Wednesday, bringing the threat of severe storms to the Denver metro with the risk of large hail and damaging winds. An isolated tornado is not out of the question.

The Denver7 News team is tracking the latest severe weather alerts and storm reports below.

Refresh this page for updates and keep checking back for new details.

Wednesday, July 16

10:20 p.m. | Flash flood warning | A flash flood warning has been issued for Adams County until 1:15 a.m. Those in the impacted area should seek higher ground and avoid walking or driving through flood waters, according to the NWS.

10:02 p.m. | Flash flood warning | A flash flood warning has been issued for Broomfield, Lafayette and Louisville until midnight Thursday. Those in the impacted area should seek higher ground and avoid walking or driving through flood waters, according to the NWS.

6:28 p.m. | Tornado warning | A tornado warning has been issued for Akron and Platner in Washington County through 6:45 p.m.

5:55 p.m. | Tornado warning extended | A tornado warning for Washington County has been extended to 6:30 p.m.

5:37 p.m. | Tornado warnings | A tornado warning has been issued for Morgan and Washington counties until 6 p.m. after a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Prewitt Reservoir, or 18 miles northwest of Akron, moving southeast at 20 mph, according to the NWS.

5 p.m. | Latest weather update | Denver7 meteorologist Danielle Grant has the latest weather update as storms move through the Denver metro area. Watch it in the video player below:

4:30 p.m. | DIA update | A total of 23 flights are canceled and 768 others were delayed at Denver International Airport due to weather, per FlightAware.

3:33 p.m. | Ground stop at DIA | A ground stop has been issued at Denver International Airport due to thunderstorms in the area. The ground stop, which prevents incoming flights from landing at DIA, is in effect until 5 p.m., per the FAA.

3:02 p.m. | Severe thunderstorm warning | A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Castle Rock, Elizabeth and Franktown after a radar-indicated severe thunderstorm was spotted over Castle Rock, moving northeast at 20 mph. Damage to vehicles is expected, NWS officials say.

2:49 p.m. | Weather update | Up to 40 mph winds and nickel-sized hail is possible in Castle Rock until 3:15 p.m., the NWS says.

2:48 p.m. | Severe thunderstorm warning | A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Arvada, Golden and Eldorado Springs until 3:15 p.m., the NWS says. Up to quarter-sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts are possible.

2:43 p.m. | Severe thunderstorm watch | A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the I-25 Corridor, including the Denver metro area, as well as the Eastern Plains until 10 p.m. Scattered hail up to two-inch size, along with up to 70 mph wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes are possible.

Authorities have lifted an evacuation order for residents in Louviers, a small unincorporated town in Douglas County south of Chatfield Reservoir, after firefighters gained control of two brush fires that burned nearby Sunday afternoon.

As of 8:45 p.m., the fire is 90% contained after burning 130 acres, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

The fire remained at 90% contained as firefighters work towards full containment on Monday, according to officials who spoke at a Monday morning press conference.

Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly shared that 39 homes were evacuated during Sunday's code red situation. Some flames even reached near homes and other structures before firefighters steered the blaze away, according to South Metro Fire Rescue officials.

No injuries or structural damage have been reported.

The fire, first reported around 2 p.m. near 9844 Titan Court, spread into open space and has threatened at least one structure in town, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. As of 3 p.m. Monday, the fire continued to burn in dry conditions.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office lifted the evacuation order around 7:30 p.m. Sunday and said residents are free to return home.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife reported that Plum Creek Nature, Plum Creek Picnic, and Roxborough Cove parking at Chatfield State Park closed and were evacuated due to the nearby fires.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and fire officials called for an immediate evacuation of Louviers residents, and for those located east of Waterton Road, as a precaution.

Crews from Douglas County, West Metro Fire Rescue, West Douglas Fire, and South Metro Fire Rescue are on scene, with support from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office helicopter tasked with wildfire mitigation.

Over 140 first responders fought the blaze, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's office.

The Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock was open for evacuees, the sheriff's office said.

Update 4:25 p.m.: Another severe thunderstorm warning is active for portions of El Paso County because of the threat of 70 mph winds and egg-sized hail.

The storm is expected to impact Fountain, Security and surrounding communities, according to the National Weather Service.

Flash flooding is expected to continue throughout the Colorado Springs area for the rest of the evening, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said on social media. People should never drive into standing water, and just a foot of fast-moving water can sweep most cars away, agency officials said.

A flash flood warning is in effect until at least 5:30 p.m., weather officials said.

Update 2:55 p.m.: Severe thunderstorms moving across the Front Range could bring damaging wind and hail across metro Denver this afternoon, according weather alerts issued by National Weather Service forecasters.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for parts of Jefferson, Boulder and Broomfield counties, with the chance of 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail, forecasters wrote.

Impacted communities may include Lakewood, Arvada, Westminster, Broomfield, Wheat Ridge, Golden, the White Ranch open space, Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Eldorado Springs, Pleasant View and Crescent Village.

A severe thunderstorm watch is active across most of the Front Range and Eastern Plains until 10 p.m., including Denver, Douglas, Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson, Boulder, Broomfield, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Washington and Weld counties.

Update 2:35 p.m.: A flash flood warning is in effect for Manitou Springs and western Colorado Springs, according to the National Weather Service.

People should immediately move to higher ground and away from any burn scars. The warning lasts until 5:30 p.m.

Weather radars show 1-2 inches of rain have already fallen and flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses could be impacted, and mud slides are also possible on steep terrain, officials said.

“This is a life-threatening situation,” forecasters wrote. “Severe debris flows can also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters, climb to safety.”

Update 2:15 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm is expected to bring 60 mph winds and quarter-sized hail to parts of El Paso and Teller counties on Wednesday afternoon, including Colorado Springs, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area at 2 p.m. and said a storm over Manitou Springs is moving east and could cause hail and wind damage. The U.S. Air Force Academy, Cascade and Chipita Park could also see storm impacts.

People should move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building, officials said.

Original story: Severe thunderstorms are forecast Wednesday afternoon across Colorado’s Interstate 25 corridor and Eastern Plains, according to the National Weather Service.

Thunderstorms will develop over the mountains before moving into the Front Range and the Eastern Plains just after noon, weather service forecasters said.

The afternoon storms threaten to bring large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain, forecasters said. Tornadoes are also possible.

Severe storms expected along the I-25 corridor will include the Denver area and Denver International Airport, forecasters said.

Rain and thunder are forecast through roughly 11 p.m. Wednesday in Denver, according to the weather service. The strongest chance for storms is between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., forecasters said.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

Communities across Colorado’s Western Slope likely will feel the impact of wildfires for weeks to come as firefighters contend with challenging conditions while trying to protect homes and infrastructure.

The Turner Gulch fire burning southwest of Grand Junction in Mesa County exploded late Monday night and early Tuesday, racing across 7,000 acres in a matter of hours and forcing new evacuations, according to fire officials.

The 8,140-acre wildfire is now the largest burning in Colorado, and firefighters are facing steep terrain, extremely dry trees, brush and grass and high temperatures.

“It’s just not a good place to fight fire, and the fire wants to go,” Operations Section Chief Rob Powell said during a Tuesday afternoon briefing.

The Turner Gulch fire has not yet reached the size of the nearly 13,000-acre Deer Creek fire burning in eastern Utah, which crossed the Colorado line Monday night, according to Utah fire officials.

Although it’s unclear how exactly how far the Deer Creek fire has spread into western Colorado, the four other wildfires in the area have burned at least 14,651 acres, according to fire agencies.

An air-quality advisory was issued Tuesday morning by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for wildfire smoke.

The advisory will last through at least 9 a.m. Wednesday and covers Mesa, Delta, San Juan, Montrose, San Miguel, Ouray, Gunnison and Hinsdale counties.

“The best chance for smoke is expected in areas near and downwind of the fires,” the department’s Air Pollution Control Division stated. Westerly to northwesterly winds were forecast for Tuesday. “This means that locations east and southeast of the fires are likely to see the worst of it.”

Utah’s Deer Creek fire grew nearly 3,000 acres from Monday to Tuesday and slowly spread across the state line, Utah fire officials said.

As of Tuesday night, the fire was burning on 12,906 acres in eastern Utah and western Colorado and was 7% contained, according to fire officials. That’s a 2,848-acre increase from Monday morning’s size estimate.

Although it’s unknown how many acres the Deer Creek fire has burned in Colorado, federal fire maps showed minimal spread Tuesday night, with the fire spotting a few areas near Ice Lake Creek in remote Montrose County, near Paradox and just north of Colorado 90.

Montrose officials closed several roads in the county’s West End, including the Rimrocker Trail at Q13 and Good roads, U5 Road at the turn to Buckeye Reservoir and X2 Road.

Fire officials expected the flames to continue to push east, operations section chief Jesse Schmidt said in a briefing.

The wildfire burning in and near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park had scorched nearly 4,000 acres as of Tuesday night.

The South Rim fire has consumed 3,988 acres with no containment, according to federal officials.

The wildfire, burning about 15 miles northeast of the city of Montrose, is one of four fires sparked by lightning during a Thursday storm that are still burning.

Large fire growth is still possible because of abundant and extremely dry fuel sources, fire officials said Tuesday.

“Impacts from fire behavior are expected to continue for several weeks if no (monsoonal) season-ending event occurs,” officials said.

The park remains closed to the public, and mandatory evacuations are in effect for nearby homes and trails, including the Botswick Park area.

Two wildfires burning north of the small Mesa County community of Gateway have charred nearly 8,500 acres, according to federal fire officials.

The Turner Gulch fire ballooned overnight, spreading from 1,470 acres Monday afternoon to 8,140 acres Tuesday morning.

The growth happened with minimal wind and no sunlight, which shows how dry the pinyon-juniper, oak brush and grass fuels are, Powell, the operations section chief, said Tuesday.

Firefighters made some progress on fire lines along the southwest edge of the fire, but some terrain is too treacherous to drop crews into, Powell said.

Fire crews are focused on protecting homes and power and fiber-optic lines along the Colorado 141 corridor.

“Our technology is telling us this fire really wants to spot across the highway, and we don’t want that,” Powell said.

Although fire officials initially reported about 14 acres of growth on the Wright Draw fire on the other side of Unaweep Canyon, a subsequent update on the federal InciWeb fire map showed the size holding at 249 acres.

“All in all, it hasn’t done a whole lot, but I don’t trust it,” Powell said. “If it gets to the bottom of the draw, lines up with the slope and gets an updraft, it’s going to want to go.”

It’s unlikely the Turner Gulch fire will be fully contained in the next two weeks, he added.

Colorado 141 remains closed between 7.40 Road and 16.10 Road at mile marker 124 for the fire, officials said. The public is asked to avoid the area.

The area around Colorado 141 from mile marker 120 to mile marker 134 is under mandatory evacuation orders, Mesa County sheriff’s officials said. The stretch between mile markers 134 and 137 remains under pre-evacuation orders.

The wildfire burning in the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area on the edge of three western Colorado counties was still sitting at 2,274 acres on Tuesday with minimal growth, according to fire officials.

No containment has been made on the Sowbelly fire, which is burning in parts of Montrose, Delta and Mesa counties, fire officials said.

But crews are making progress on building a fire line to halt the “creeping and smoldering” fire, officials said Tuesday. Firefighters are working to keep the fire from spreading into Escalante Canyon and minimize damage to the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area, which is about 12 miles west of Delta.

A judge has ordered CBZ Management to turn over to state investigators records about how the company has run its various Colorado rental properties, including several notoriously dilapidated apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora.

Denver District Judge Jill Deborah Dorancy gave CBZ and its constellation of associated companies until July 28 to comply with several investigative subpoenas from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office that were issued nearly a year ago.

Dorancy wrote that CBZ and its other companies had sought to prevent the state’s “lawful investigation” into whether the landlord violated safe-housing and consumer-protection laws.

Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office sent CBZ and its constituent companies several subpoenas in September as investigators probed the chronically unsafe conditions of the companies’ properties, as well as allegations from tenants that CBZ had engaged in insurance fraud and deceptive practices. The subpoenas seek information about the properties’ ownership, how CBZ advertises its rentals, and how it tracks and responds to maintenance requests, among several other demands for records.

After receiving the subpoenas in September, CBZ’s lawyers first sought several exemptions to delay producing the records, which were granted by the AG, according to court filings. The delays continued into December, when CBZ sued and asked a judge to block the subpoenas; the companies argued the requests were too burdensome and broad.

Weiser’s office then filed its own lawsuit, asking a judge to order CBZ to turn over the records. Dorancy’s rulings ended both cases.

A year ago, CBZ operated 11 apartment buildings in Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Edgewater. The company became nationally infamous in August, when a video showing armed men in one of its Aurora apartment buildings went viral and became a part of the 2024 presidential election.

As Aurora officials moved to shut down one of CBZ’s properties because of its unsafe conditions, CBZ and its owner, the New York-based Shmaryahu Baumgarten, claimed that an influx of Venezuelan gang members had seized CBZ properties and caused their collapse.

The Denver Post reported last year that gangs had infiltrated CBZ’s Aurora properties and that the company had previously and consistently refused to fix a laundry list of unsafe conditions at those buildings dating back years. Similar conditions — including roach infestations, collapsing infrastructure and absent heat and hot water — have also been reported at CBZ’s three Denver properties, though the company has claimed no gang infiltration there.

An email sent to CBZ’s lawyers was not returned Tuesday.

In a statement, Weiser said the subpoenas “are not a suggestion” and that his office will follow the investigation “where the evidence leads.”

“CBZ’s refusal to comply with duly issued subpoenas, despite repeated extensions and accommodations, is unjustified and obstructs a lawful investigation into potential violations of state law,” Weiser wrote. “Companies that stonewall the AG’s office will be held accountable.”

The ruling is the latest legal setback for CBZ and its collapsing rental footprint in Colorado. The company is facing legal action in both Aurora and Denver for failing to maintain its properties, and judges in both cities have issued arrest warrants for Zev Baumgarten, one of CBZ’s managers and Shmaryahu Baumgarten’s brother, for failing to turn up for his court dates.

Unpaid creditors and Aurora officials have closed CBZ’s three Aurora properties, while Denver officials shuttered another building there because it was unsafe.

The company’s attempt to claim that it’s been unfairly targeted because its owners are Jewish was dismissed by an Aurora judge earlier this month because the company presented no evidence to support the allegation, according to Westword.

One of CBZ’s constituent companies is also awaiting a trial in Aurora related to the closure of the Edge of Lowry property, where the video of the armed gang members was taken. That trial was supposed to start this month, but has now been delayed until November.