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WWUS85 KGJT 262209
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
409 PM MDT SUN APR 26 2026
COZ006-007-009-011-262245-
GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS CO-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR CO-
GRAND VALLEY CO-CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN CO-
409 PM MDT SUN APR 26 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL DELTA AND CENTRAL
MESA COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM MDT...
AT 408 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES SOUTH OF PALISADE, OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND JUNCTION,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
CEDAREDGE, MESA, SKYWAY, AND WHITEWATER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 58.
COLORADO 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 19, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
22 AND 57.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 154.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3878 10832 3897 10848 3926 10817 3892 10788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 236DEG 31KT 3891 10827
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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