Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
412 WWUS55 KPUB 032324 SVSPUB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 524 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024 COC009-011-061-071-089-040000- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-240704T0000Z/ Otero CO-Baca CO-Kiowa CO-Las Animas CO-Bent CO- 524 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO...NORTHWESTERN BACA...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA... EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND BENT COUNTIES... At 524 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Las Animas to 13 miles south of John Martin Reservoir to 20 miles southeast of Higbee, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Las Animas, Hasty, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon, and Caddoa. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near John Martin Reservoir, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 3829 10297 3791 10279 3748 10287 3750 10327 3791 10341 3820 10340 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 263DEG 29KT 3814 10322 3789 10311 3758 10316 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Simcoe