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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO

November 26, 200511 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Nov 26, 2005, 4:25 AM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 26, 2005, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2005, 4:25 AM MST (11:25 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2005, 3:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 27, 2005, 6:00 PM MST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 384 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 4:25 AM MSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more38 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2005Every winter storm warning in 2005

Sources

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