Interactive NWS Alert

Radar valid at 1215 pm MDT, Oct 4th 2025

COZ001>004-013-041815-
Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus CO-Flat Tops CO-
Lower Yampa River Basin CO-Elkhead and Park Mountains CO-
Central Yampa River Basin CO-
1151 AM MDT Sat Oct 4 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ROUTT...
NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD...EASTERN MOFFAT AND CENTRAL RIO BLANCO
COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM MDT...

At 1151 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles west of Craig, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Craig, Meeker, Hayden, Lay, Loyd, Juniper Springs, Buford, Great
Divide, Axial, Sunbeam, Maybell, Hamilton, and Fortification.

This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 40 in Colorado between mile markers 49 and 106.
Colorado 13 between mile markers 20 and 124.
Colorado 64 between mile markers 55 and 73.
Colorado 318 between mile markers 49 and 60.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3972 10822 4093 10832 4096 10731 3981 10721
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 237DEG 56KT 4051 10787

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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