602  
WWUS85 KPUB 172121  
SPSPUB  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
321 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
COZ072-079-080-087-172145-  
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO-  
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-  
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-  
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-  
321 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY THROUGH  
345 PM MDT...  
 
AT 321 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
FARISITA, OR 46 MILES EAST OF ALAMOSA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE 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...  
FARISITA, GREENHORN MOUNTAIN, AND SPRING BURN SCAR NORTH OF HIGHWAY  
160.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3756 10496 3765 10526 3790 10506 3778 10475  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 212DEG 18KT 3768 10507  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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