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SVRPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central El Paso County in east central Colorado... North central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 1000 PM MDT. * At 929 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Pinon, or 18 miles north of Pueblo Airport, moving southeast 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... Fountain and Hanover. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
El Paso, CO; Pueblo, CO · 38.528°, -104.542°
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- Severe
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- Immediate
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- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- El Paso, CO; Pueblo, CO
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SVRPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central El Paso County in east central Colorado... North central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 1000 PM MDT. * At 929 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Pinon, or 18 miles north of Pueblo Airport, moving southeast 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... Fountain and Hanover. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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