941  
WWUS55 KBOU 171454  
SQWBOU  
 
SNOW SQUALL WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO  
754 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
COC069-171515-  
/O.CON.KBOU.SQ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260217T1515Z/  
LARIMER CO-  
754 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
...SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM MST FOR  
NORTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY...  
 
AT 754 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED NEAR VIRGINIA  
DALE, OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO  
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY OF QUARTER MILE  
OR LESS. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN  
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR AND WEBCAMS.  
 
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
STOVE PRAIRIE, PENNOCK PASS, MISHAWAKA, POUDRE PARK, LIVERMORE,  
VIRGINIA DALE, BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN, CHEROKEE PARK, RED FEATHER LAKES,  
TEDS PLACE, RUSTIC, PINGREE PARK, LAPORTE, OWL CANYON, BUCKEYE AND  
WAVERLY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN  
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4050 10567 4100 10562 4100 10498 4067 10504  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 239DEG 35KT 4081 10554  
 
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED  
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT  
 

 
 
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