Alert archive / Colorado / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2008, 4:51 AM MDT for Gunnison County, Colorado. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 2:24 AM MDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2008, 4:51 AM MDT (10:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2008, 2:24 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 2:47 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
County Gunnison County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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 river
Written for the forecast point East River at Almont (ALEC2).
- Action stage
- 6.45 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09112500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 20, 4:42 AM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 4:42 AM MDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 6:03 AM MDT, 22 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 603 AM MDT MON MAY 19 2008 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-201200- 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- 603 AM MDT MON MAY 19 2008 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ELK RIVER NEAR MILNER IN ROUTT COUNTY... ...FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL RIVERS IN WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE TODAY CAUSING ACCELERATED SNOWMELT IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE INCREASED FLOWS ON CREEKS... STREAMS AND RIVERS. THE ELK RIVER NEAR MILNER IN NORTHWEST COLORADO WILL EXCEED FLOOD STAGE RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS. OTHER WATERWAYS WITH FLOWS ABOVE BANKFULL MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK WILL CONTINUE TO MELT AT AN ACCELERATED RATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. MANY CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND SOME WATERWAYS WILL EXCEED BANKFULL. A FEW ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS MAY EXCEED FLOOD STAGE BY MIDWEEK. AS A RESULT...FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN RECREATING NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS AS FLOWS WILL BE COLD AND SWIFT. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WILL INCREASE BY MIDWEEK AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. UNSETTLED AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE WEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE GRAND JUNCTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT: WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Eagle | 3 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Garfield | 3 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Delta | 5 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Rio Blanco | 36 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Montezuma and 2 more | 5 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Mesa | 5 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Mesa | 5 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Eagle, Garfield | 3 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Eagle | 3 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Dolores, Montezuma | 3 days |
| May 20, 11:27 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | GJT | Eagle, Garfield | 19 days |
| May 20, 3:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel | 28 hr |
| May 20, 3:00 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Daggett, Uintah | 14 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.