Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Yuma, CO
SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado... * Until 900 PM MDT. * At 756 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of Cope, or 23 miles...
Official alert brief
SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado... * Until 900 PM MDT. * At 756 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of Cope, or 23 miles north of Stratton, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotter reported golf ball sized hail 2 miles southwest of Joes at 7:52 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. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Yuma County, including the following locations... Joes, Kirk, and Idalia. This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 207 and 210, and between mile markers 212 and 220.
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.