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WWUS45 KPUB 190356  
WSWPUB  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
856 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
COZ072>075-190500-  
/O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260219T0400Z/  
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET-  
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-SOUTHERN  
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET-SOUTHERN  
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
INCLUDING CUCHARA, BLANCA PEAK, STONEWALL, PONCHA PASS, LA VETA  
PASS, WESTON, AND SPANISH PEAKS  
856 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING  
 
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO  
MOUNTAINS.  
 
 
 
COZ060-068-190600-  
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260219T0600Z/  
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-EASTERN SAN JUAN  
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET-  
INCLUDING BONANZA, CUMBRES PASS, AND WOLF CREEK PASS  
856 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES. WINDS  
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND EASTERN SAN  
JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING  
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR  
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
COZ058-059-061-066-067-190600-  
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260219T0600Z/  
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET-  
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET-WESTERN CHAFFEE  
COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET-LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE  
10000 FEET-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS  
BELOW 10000 FEET-  
INCLUDING ST ELMO, GRANITE, NORTH PASS, CLIMAX, LEADVILLE,  
ALPINE, SOUTH FORK, AND CREEDE  
856 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS  
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET, CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY  
BELOW 11000 FEET, WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000  
FEET, WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET, AND UPPER RIO  
GRANDE VALLEY AN EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY  
CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
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