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WWUS85 KGJT 182024
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
124 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
COZ003-006-007-009-011-017-182100-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS CO-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS CO-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR CO-
GRAND VALLEY CO-CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN CO-
124 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
..STRONG SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DELTA
WESTERN MESA AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM MST...
AT 123 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG SHOWERS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRUITA TO 21 MILES NORTH OF
NUCLA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
GRAND JUNCTION, FRUITA, ORCHARD CITY, PALISADE, DE BEQUE, MESA,
CAMEO, FRUITVALE, CLIFTON, WHITEWATER, GLADE PARK, REDLANDS, SKYWAY,
LOMA, MACK, AND ORCHARD MESA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 67.
U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 64, AND NEAR
MILE MARKER 66.
COLORADO 65 NEAR MILE MARKER 3, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 61.
COLORADO 139 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 162.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3951 10818 3880 10798 3861 10873 3926 10891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 244DEG 47KT 3923 10883 3857 10863
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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