370  
WWUS85 KPUB 212254  
SPSPUB  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
454 PM MDT THU MAY 21 2026  
 
COZ098-099-212330-  
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-  
454 PM MDT THU MAY 21 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND EASTERN  
BACA COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...  
 
AT 454 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES NORTH OF WALSH, OR 11 MILES WEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE 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...  
WALSH, TWO BUTTES, AND STONINGTON.  
 
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.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3704 10231 3727 10242 3767 10239 3773 10204  
3705 10204  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 243DEG 26KT 3749 10225  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
EHR  
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