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WWUS85 KGJT 232027
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
227 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COZ017-232100-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-
227 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH
300 PM MDT...
AT 227 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 26
MILES NORTH OF NUCLA, OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND JUNCTION, MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MESA
COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 135.
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 3856 10854 3860 10874 3881 10872 3877 10847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 185DEG 14KT 3865 10864
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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