Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kit Carson, CO

Official alert brief

SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Kit Carson County in east central Colorado... * Until 900 PM MDT. * At 736 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cope, or 24 miles north of Seibert, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported 2 inch hail 3 miles south of Cope at 733 PM MDT. 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... Stratton. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 398 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.