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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1238 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
COZ003-006-017-020-UTZ025-027-028-182030-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS CO-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-
GRAND VALLEY CO-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER CO-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS UT-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT UT-
TAVAPUTS PLATEAU UT-
1238 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL
SOUTHWESTERN MONTROSE...WESTERN MESA...SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD...
NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN AND EASTERN GRAND COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM
MST...
AT 1238 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 31 MILES NORTH OF CASTLE VALLEY TO 14 MILES
WEST OF SLICK ROCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CASTLE VALLEY, LA SAL, NUCLA, NATURITA, SLICK ROCK, PARADOX,
VANCORUM, BEDROCK, GATEWAY, SUMMIT POINT, MACK, CISCO, AND URAVAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 70 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 202 AND 231.
UTAH 128 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 44.
COLORADO 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 33.
COLORADO 141 NEAR MILE MARKER 24, BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 51,
AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 132.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3954 10893 3807 10846 3802 10919 3916 10954
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 261DEG 35KT 3909 10947 3810 10916
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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