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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
231 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COZ019-022-232100-
ANIMAS RIVER BASIN CO-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CO-
231 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM MDT...
AT 231 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BAYFIELD, OR 10 MILES EAST OF DURANGO, 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAYFIELD AND VALLECITO.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 160 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95
AND 102.
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 3719 10762 3724 10778 3746 10780 3741 10751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 187DEG 14KT 3726 10769
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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