Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Grand Junction, CO

Issued

Sep 7, 2000, 10:05 PM MDT (04:05 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 2000, 10:30 PM MDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Junction, CO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Delta County, CO, Mesa County, CO

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 7, 8:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

WESTERN COLORADO & EASTERN UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
810 PM MDT THU SEP 7 2000

SYNOPSIS...SEVERAL SMALL IMPULSES FROM MAIN SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING THE EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO REGION THIS EVENING.  AS A RESULT...POCKETS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED...MAINLY FROM THE CANYONLANDS EAST
TOWARD THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU.  WV IMAGERY INDICATING SUFFICIENT
MID LVL MOISTURE INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...LOOKS TO REMAIN IN
PLACE OVERNIGHT TO SUPPORT SHRA/TSRA THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT SITUATION.

.GJT...NONE.

NADLER.83/CUOCO.25

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.