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WWUS85 KPUB 262001
SPSPUB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
201 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026
COZ072-074-087-262030-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
201 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026
...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL
HUERFANO AND NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM MDT...
AT 159 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES WEST OF LA VETA, OR 39 MILES EAST OF SAN LUIS
VALLEY AIRPORT.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. LOCAL PONDING OF
WATER IS ALSO LIKELY
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...
INDIAN CREEK ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SPRING BURN SCAR, SPRING BURN SCAR
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN HUERFANO COUNTY, EASTERN SPRING BURN SCAR
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN COSTILLA COUNTY, AND SOUTHERN SPRING BURN
SCAR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3755 10521 3760 10508 3745 10505 3745 10519
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 334DEG 1KT 3750 10515
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HODANISH
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