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WWUS55 KPUB 201818
SQWPUB
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1118 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
COC003-021-023-055-071-105-109-201845-
/O.CON.KPUB.SQ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260220T1845Z/
ALAMOSA CO-HUERFANO CO-RIO GRANDE CO-SAGUACHE CO-COSTILLA CO-
LAS ANIMAS CO-CONEJOS CO-
1118 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM MST FOR
ALAMOSA...SOUTHWESTERN HUERFANO...EAST CENTRAL RIO GRANDE...
SOUTHEASTERN SAGUACHE...COSTILLA...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN CONEJOS COUNTIES...
AT 1117 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOOPER TO NEAR BLANCA TO NEAR JAROSO, 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 FROM ALAMOSA TO FORT GARLAND.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALAMOSA, SAN LUIS VALLEY AIRPORT, MONTE VISTA, SAN LUIS, BLANCA,
HOOPER, GREAT SAND DUNES, JAROSO, SAN PABLO, SANCHEZ RESERVOIR,
MESITA, ALAMOSA EAST, CUCHARA, SAN LUIS LAKE, SAN ACACIO, FORT
GARLAND, MOSCA, CHAMA, BLANCA PEAK, AND GARCIA.
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 10587 3738 10581 3754 10619 3776 10600
3778 10595 3779 10550 3741 10506 3699 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 268DEG 59KT 3769 10590 3739 10555 3700 10571
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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