Colorado Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/31/2026 16:25

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 31 at 5:25PM MDT until August 31 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 31, 2026 - 4:25pm
Expires: 
August 31, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
SVRPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado... Northeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado... Southwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 600 PM MDT. * At 525 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast of Higbee, or 28 miles southeast of North La Junta, moving north at 20 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Baca, northeastern Las Animas and southwestern Bent Counties.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Baca, CO; Bent, CO; Las Animas, CO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Pueblo CO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov