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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 9, 20088 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 9, 2008, 2:40 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 10, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jun 9, 2008, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 10, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 399 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2008-06-09Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2008-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 9, 4:20 AM MDT, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:20 AM MDT, 10 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:45 AM MDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
545 AM MDT MON JUN 9 2008

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-101200-
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 MDT MON JUN 9 2008

...FLOOD ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR A NUMBER OF RIVER POINTS ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL COLORADO BELOW 7000 FEET...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH RESULTING IN SWIFT AND
DANGEROUS CURRENTS. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE ABOVE BANKFULL.
FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON RIVER LEVELS IN THE REGION...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/GJT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
COLORADO TUESDAY. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH RESULTING IN SWIFT AND
DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:02 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTGarfield, Mesa9 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every red flag 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.