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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
113 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COZ019-023-231945-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CO-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN CO-
113 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL ARCHULETA COUNTY
THROUGH 145 PM MDT...
AT 113 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DULCE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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 AND
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAGOSA SPRINGS AND JUANITA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 84 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 27.
U.S. HIGHWAY 160 IN COLORADO NEAR MILE MARKER 144.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3728 10701 3713 10679 3700 10696 3700 10716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 213DEG 24KT 3703 10704
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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