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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 6, 2008Dolores County, Montrose County, San Miguel County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2008, 2:05 PM MDT for Dolores County, Montrose County, San Miguel County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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: Aug 6, 2008, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2008, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dolores County, CO, Montrose County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 6, 4:16 AM MDT, 9 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 4:16 AM MDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:45 AM MDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 4:34 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 8 more	16 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2008 Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.