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WWUS85 KGJT 232235
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
435 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COZ019>021-232300-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CO-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER CO-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER CO-
435 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DOLORES AND WEST
CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MDT...
AT 435 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DOVE CREEK, OR 23 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
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...
DOVE CREEK AND EGNAR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 491 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 63.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.
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 3774 10888 3783 10904 3801 10890 3790 10869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 222DEG 18KT 3784 10890
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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