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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
430 PM MDT THU MAY 21 2026
COZ099-212315-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
430 PM MDT THU MAY 21 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BACA COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM MDT...
AT 430 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SPRINGFIELD TO 12 MILES EAST OF PRITCHETT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD, VILAS, CAMPO, TWO BUTTES, AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
IF ON OR NEAR TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3722 10291 3747 10271 3764 10272 3764 10233
3733 10229 3702 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 256DEG 35KT 3763 10263 3748 10255 3731 10265
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
EHR
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