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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
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CHAFFEE CO-FREMONT CO-SAGUACHE CO-
515 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...
WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MST.
* AT 515 PM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALIDA TO NEAR SWISSVALE TO
BONANZA, MOVING EAST AT 25 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALIDA, PONCHA SPRINGS, BONANZA, HOWARD, VILLA GROVE, WAUGH MOUNTAIN,
SWISSVALE, DECKER BURN SCAR, AND PONCHA PASS.
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 3866 10563 3843 10572 3822 10597 3833 10621
3852 10614 3865 10599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 284DEG 21KT 3860 10591 3848 10598 3833 10612
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SIMCOE
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