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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
643 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2026
COZ086>088-300115-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
643 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO
NORTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
MDT...
AT 642 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WALSENBURG, OR 38 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
PAVED ROAD SURFACES, WASHOUTS ON DIRT ROADS, AND QUICK
RUNOFF CAUSING HIGH FLOWS IN AREA CREEKS, STREAMS AND
NORMALLY DRY WASHOUTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALSENBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3769 10502 3796 10469 3783 10431 3756 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 125DEG 4KT 3772 10478
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KT
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