Rio Blanco Fire · Wildfire · Archuleta County · yesterday

Details
Resolved Aug 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM. Kept for reference.
ModerateWeatherNWS Grand Junction

Special Weather Statement

San Miguel County · Started Aug 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM · Updated 4d ago

San Miguel Countyarea
Aug 26, 2025, 5:13 PMeffective
Aug 26, 2025, 5:45 PMexpires
NWS Grand Junctionsource
Approximate affected area. Zone-based advisories do not include an exact boundary

Full advisory

At 512 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Ignacio, or 9 miles southeast of Durango, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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... Durango, Bondad, Falfa, and Oxford.
This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 550 in Colorado between mile markers 5 and 26. U.S. Highway 160 in Colorado between mile markers 78 and 99. Colorado 172 between mile markers 14 and 24.