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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
455 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026
COZ087-088-262330-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
455 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO AND
NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...
AT 454 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WALSENBURG, OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. PONDING OF WATER COULD OCCUR ON THE
INTERSTATE AND ON AREA ROADS. MINOR WASHOUTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
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.
LAT...LON 3766 10466 3751 10459 3747 10480 3762 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 083DEG 4KT 3759 10473
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KT
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