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WWUS85 KGJT 232142
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
342 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COZ020-232215-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER CO-
342 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND
SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM MDT...
AT 342 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATURITA, OR 32 MILES EAST OF LA SAL, MOVING NORTH
AT 15 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SAN
MIGUEL AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
COLORADO 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 32.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 70.
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 3807 10857 3803 10874 3827 10888 3833 10864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 167DEG 15KT 3813 10871
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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