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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
315 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2026
COZ071-072-074-075-087-312200-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
315 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HUERFANO AND
NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM MDT...
AT 314 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LA VETA PASS, OR 38 MILES EAST OF ALAMOSA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, HALF INCH HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON PAVED ROADWAYS, AND WASHOUTS
OF DIRT ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. CREEKS, STREAMS AND DRY
WASHES MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA VETA, LA VETA PASS, SPRING BURN SCAR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 IN
COSTILLA COUNTY, SPRING BURN SCAR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160, INDIAN CREEK
ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SPRING BURN SCAR, AND SPRING BURN SCAR SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 160 IN HUERFANO COUNTY.
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 3760 10532 3769 10513 3748 10490 3734 10519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 329DEG 13KT 3759 10518
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KT
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