Rio Blanco Fire · Wildfire · Archuleta County · yesterday

Details
Resolved Aug 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM. Kept for reference.
ModerateWeatherNWS Grand Junction

Special Weather Statement

Mesa County · Started Aug 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM · Updated 4d ago

Mesa Countyarea
Aug 25, 2025, 5:04 PMeffective
Aug 25, 2025, 5:30 PMexpires
NWS Grand Junctionsource
Approximate affected area. Zone-based advisories do not include an exact boundary

Full advisory

At 503 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles west of Loghill Village, or 17 miles southwest of Montrose, moving southeast 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... Ridgway, Loghill Village, and Colona.
This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 550 in Colorado between mile markers 106 and 115. Colorado 62 between mile markers 6 and 22.