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WWUS85 KPUB 222358
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
558 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026
COZ081-082-085-230030-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
558 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM MDT...
AT 557 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY 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...
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS, MANITOU SPRINGS, STRATMOOR, AND FORT
CARSON.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.
LAT...LON 3872 10478 3870 10493 3884 10499 3887 10478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 168DEG 9KT 3878 10486
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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