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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1109 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
COC003-021-023-055-071-105-109-201845-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SQ.W.0008.260220T1809Z-260220T1845Z/
ALAMOSA CO-HUERFANO CO-RIO GRANDE CO-SAGUACHE CO-COSTILLA CO-
LAS ANIMAS CO-CONEJOS CO-
1109 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
EASTERN CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1145 AM MST.
* AT 1108 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTER TO 9 MILES EAST OF SAN
LUIS VALLEY AIRPORT TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTONITO, MOVING EAST
AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
U.S. HIGHWAY 160 ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALAMOSA, SAN LUIS VALLEY AIRPORT, MONTE VISTA, MANASSA, SANFORD,
ANTONITO, SAN LUIS, ROMEO, BLANCA, HOOPER, GREAT SAND DUNES, SAN
PABLO, MESITA, ALAMOSA EAST, FORT GARLAND, JAROSO, SANCHEZ RESERVOIR,
CUCHARA, SAN LUIS LAKE, AND SAN ACACIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3699 10608 3736 10591 3760 10632 3778 10595
3779 10550 3741 10506 3699 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 268DEG 59KT 3769 10604 3739 10569 3700 10584
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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