Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at May 12, 2008, 2:37 PM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 12, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 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
- May 12, 2008, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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.
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 May 12, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 6:10 AM MDT, 8 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 610 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2008 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-131200- 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- 610 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...SEE WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR DETAILS ON THE RED FLAG WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH OVER PARTS OF WESTERN COLORADO... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO. SEE WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE RED FLAG WARNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT SWEEPS ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. MUCH OF THE HIGH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 8 INCHES OVERNIGHT. SEE WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH TUESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THURSDAY...A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS EXISTS OVER THE HIGH COLORADO MOUNTAIN PASSES. MANY SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AS HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK MELTS. A FEW OF THESE RIVERS WILL EXCEED BANKFULL. 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.
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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.