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WWUS55 KPUB 201835
SQWPUB
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1135 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
COC021-105-201844-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SQ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260220T1845Z/
RIO GRANDE CO-CONEJOS CO-
1135 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
...THE SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RIO GRANDE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CONEJOS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SNOW SQUALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE, THE SNOW SQUALL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3699 10566 3747 10559 3761 10593 3772 10593
3778 10584 3779 10550 3741 10506 3699 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 268DEG 59KT 3769 10560 3739 10525 3700 10541
COC003-023-055-071-109-201845-
/O.CON.KPUB.SQ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260220T1845Z/
ALAMOSA CO-HUERFANO CO-SAGUACHE CO-COSTILLA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
1135 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM MST FOR
NORTHERN ALAMOSA...SOUTHWESTERN HUERFANO...SOUTHEASTERN SAGUACHE...
COSTILLA AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
AT 1134 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT SAND DUNES TO 8 MILES WEST OF
CUCHARA TO NEAR AMALIA, 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 NEAR FORT GARLAND AND COLORADO 150 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 10566 3747 10559 3761 10593 3772 10593
3778 10584 3779 10550 3741 10506 3699 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 268DEG 59KT 3769 10560 3739 10525 3700 10541
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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