Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kit Carson, CO
At 813 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of Vona, or 11 miles northwest of Stratton, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be...
Official alert brief
At 813 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of Vona, or 11 miles northwest of Stratton, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 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... Burlington, Stratton, Seibert, Bethune, and Vona. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 400 and 438. Highway 385 between mile markers 170 and 188.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This thunderstorm will produce strong winds resulting in areas of near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.