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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 30, 2026Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2026, 6:05 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2026, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2026, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

561 
WUUS55 KPUB 310005
SVRPUB
COC009-099-310030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0310.260831T0005Z-260831T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
605 PM MDT Sun Aug 30 2026

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 605 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
  Two Buttes, or 15 miles northwest of The Saunders Elevator, moving
  east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Prowers and northeastern Baca Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 10234 3767 10236 3781 10205 3780 10204
      3752 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 254DEG 24KT 3761 10224 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
015 
WWUS55 KPUB 310023
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
623 PM MDT Sun Aug 30 2026

COC009-099-310033-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260831T0030Z/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-
623 PM MDT Sun Aug 30 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 10234 3767 10236 3781 10205 3780 10204
      3752 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 254DEG 24KT 3763 10216 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral24 min
Aug 30, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca36 min
Aug 30, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral31 min
Aug 30, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca33 min
Aug 30, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers52 min
Aug 30, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero37 min
Aug 30, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers49 min
Aug 30, 10:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso42 min
Aug 30, 10:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent36 min
Aug 30, 10:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache22 hr
Aug 30, 11:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Aug 30, 11:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent38 min
Aug 31, 12:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa45 min
Aug 31, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla23 min
Aug 31, 1:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano36 min
Aug 31, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano31 min
Aug 31, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano31 min
Aug 31, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero38 min
Aug 31, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero32 min
Aug 31, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano31 min
Aug 31, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero30 min
Aug 31, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero31 min
Aug 31, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBLas Animas, Otero33 min
Aug 31, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo28 min
Aug 31, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas23 min
Aug 31, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero30 min
Aug 31, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero24 min
Aug 31, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero33 min
Aug 31, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero30 min
Aug 31, 5:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero3 hr
Aug 31, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent27 min
Aug 31, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa38 min
Aug 31, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache36 min
Aug 31, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas35 min
Aug 31, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla29 min
Aug 31, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca36 min
Aug 31, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
Aug 31, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa32 min
Aug 31, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers54 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.