Colorado Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/31/2026 17:58

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 31 at 6:58PM MDT until August 31 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 31, 2026 - 5:58pm
Expires: 
August 31, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description: 
At 658 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Granada to near Two Buttes Reservoir, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Granada, Hartman, and Bristol.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Bent, CO; Kiowa, CO; Prowers, CO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Pueblo CO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov