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WWUS55 KPUB 201827
SQWPUB
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1127 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-
1127 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 1126 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAN LUIS LAKE TO NEAR FORT GARLAND TO NEAR
COSTILLA, 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 BLANCA TO FORT GARLAND, AND COLORADO 159 FROM
FORT GARLAND TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN LUIS, BLANCA, HOOPER, GREAT SAND DUNES, JAROSO, SAN PABLO,
SANCHEZ RESERVOIR, MESITA, CUCHARA, SAN LUIS LAKE, SAN ACACIO, FORT
GARLAND, MOSCA, CHAMA, BLANCA PEAK, GARCIA, SPRING BURN SCAR SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 160 IN COSTILLA COUNTY, INDIAN CREEK ON THE SOUTHEASTERN
SPRING BURN SCAR, AND SOUTHWESTERN SPRING BURN SCAR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
160 IN HUERFANO COUNTY.
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 10573 3746 10567 3758 10606 3776 10600
3778 10595 3779 10550 3741 10506 3699 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 268DEG 59KT 3769 10574 3739 10539 3700 10555
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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