
Winds and Hail Fall Across Central U.S.
Severe storms will romp again across multiple corners of the central U.S. today.
# SUMMARY -------------------- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 629 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL COLORADO FREMONT TELLER IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO EL PASO IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO COSTILLA IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO BENT CROWLEY CUSTER HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS OTERO PUEBLO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLANCA, CANON CITY, COLORADO SPRINGS, EADS, FORT GARLAND, LA JUNTA, LAS ANIMAS, OLNEY SPRINGS, ORDWAY, PENROSE, PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, PUEBLO, ROCKY FORD, SAN LUIS, SILVER CLIFF, TRINIDAD, WALSENBURG, WESTCLIFFE, AND WOODLAND PARK. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM MDT ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO HEADER WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 629
A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM MDT # SUMMARY -------------------- At 352 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Stonewall, or 24 miles west of Trinidad, moving southeast at 25 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE Stonewall, Segundo, Raton Pass, and Weston. ISSUED AT Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Pueblo CO HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for southeastern Colorado. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO, Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO
Closest strike: 12.15 miles Storms Approaching Stay alert and frequently check WeatherBug to see if storms are moving toward you. Be mindful that new storms can also form with little notice.
There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...AND OZARKS/MID SOUTH INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUMMARY Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast today across parts of the southern Great Lakes into the Midwest, central/southern High Plains, and the Ozarks into the Mid-South and Lower Mississippi Valley. Severe/damaging winds should be the main threat across these regions, though large hail is also possible, particularly across the central High Plains. Central Great Plains Visible satellite imagery depicts an area of agitated cumulus developing in close proximity to a weak surface boundary across eastern Colorado. Recent HRRR/RRFS runs are split on the evolution of this convection, with the HRRR suggesting minimal thunderstorm development and the RRFS depicting the development of a southeastward-propagating cluster. This scenario remains uncertain; however, the 5% wind probabilities have been expanded southeastward to account for the potential for a cluster of thunderstorms to evolve from this region. See MCD 2139 for additional short-term information. Mid-South and Lower Great Lakes Severe probabilities were trimmed slightly across portions of northeastern IL, northwestern IN, and southwestern MI in the wake of ongoing convection and the passage of a surface cold front. Severe probabilities were also trimmed across portions of the Mid South where increased low-level static stability owing to outflow from prior convection casts uncertainty on additional convective development this afternoon/evening. Elsewhere, the forecast remains largely on track with only minor changes made to the existing outlook. See the text below for additional information.
Pollen Index: 9.9 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Ragweed, Chenopods and Sagebrush/Sage. Pollen concentrations for Thursday will be falling but will remain in the high range. Since the weather has a major influence on pollen dispersal, this decrease is due in part to lack of winds and expected precipitation in the morning and evening which tends to wash pollen out of the air.












