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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1223 AM MST Thu Feb 19 2026

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Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin-
Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus-Elkhead and Park Mountains-
Upper Yampa River Basin-Grand Valley-Debeque to Silt Corridor-
Central Colorado River Basin-Grand and Battlement Mesas-
Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys-
Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin-
West Elk and Sawatch Mountains-Flat Tops-Upper Gunnison River Valley-
Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide-Northwest San Juan Mountains-
Southwest San Juan Mountains-Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River-
Four Corners/Upper Dolores River-Animas River Basin-
San Juan River Basin-Southeast Utah-Eastern Uinta Mountains-
Eastern Uinta Basin-Tavaputs Plateau-Arches/Grand Flat-
La Sal and Abajo Mountains-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges-
1223 AM MST Thu Feb 19 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Colorado, southwest
Colorado, west central Colorado, east central Utah, northeast Utah
and southeast Utah.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

The next round of snow is expected on Friday. 6-12" of snow is
possible for the southern and central mountains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected, however spotters are encouraged
to report snowfall amounts to NWS Grand Junction.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED AVALANCHE WARNING
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
828 AM MST THU FEB 19 2026

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.

...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...


*WHAT... Heavy snow and strong winds will result in HIGH (4 of 5)
avalanche danger


*WHERE... The Grand Mesa, Sawatch, West Elk, Elk Mountains, San Juan
Mountains


*WHEN... Expect very dangerous avalanche conditions to begin on
Tuesday evening and last through Friday


*IMPACTS... Large and dangerous avalanches will be easy to trigger.
Large avalanches will run naturally.


*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Travel in backcountry avalanche
terrain is not recommended from Tuesday evening through Friday.
Avoid travel on and under slopes with a slope angle steeper than
about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at
colorado.gov/avalanche


Pritchett

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