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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Grand Junction, CO

February 15, 20076 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2007, 1:59 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 16, 2007, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 29 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
Feb 15, 2007, 1:59 AM MST (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2007, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 17, 2007, 4:32 AM MST
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 14, 3:04 PM MST, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 3:04 PM MST, 10 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 5:45 AM MST, 20 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
545 AM MST WED FEB 14 2007

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-151245-
ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-
545 AM MST WED FEB 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN COLORADO...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN COLORADO
WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY IN
THESE AREAS. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE
ACROSS THE EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO.

CONDITIONS DRY OUT OVER THE WEEKEND...BEFORE ANOTHER SERIES OF
STORMS BRINGS MORE RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE GRAND JUNCTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

JDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 1:59 AM MSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryGJTDelta, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Montrose, Routt51 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007

Sources

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.