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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
444 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
COC015-109-190015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SQ.W.0004.260218T2344Z-260219T0015Z/
CHAFFEE CO-SAGUACHE CO-
444 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MST.
* AT 443 PM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED OVER MONARCH
PASS, OR 34 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS WILL IMPACT HIGHWAY 50 AND MONARCH PASS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCHA SPRINGS, MAYSVILLE, MONARCH PASS, PONCHA PASS, AND WESTERN
DECKER BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3858 10635 3865 10603 3835 10602 3841 10635
3842 10635 3842 10625 3844 10625 3846 10629
3849 10631 3850 10634 3851 10635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 270DEG 19KT 3848 10629
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SIMCOE
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