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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 19, 20096 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2009, 6:41 AM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 19, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 19, 2009, 6:41 AM MDT (12:41 UTC)
In effect from
May 19, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 19, 2009, 7:44 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

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

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 2:07 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTGarfield, Mesa30 hr
May 19, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTGarfield, Mesa17 min
May 19, 5:07 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGJTMoffat4 days
May 19, 5:07 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGJTUintah5 days

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009

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.