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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 8, 20095 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jul 8, 2009, 6:20 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 8, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 8, 2009, 6:20 AM MDT (12:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2009, 7:59 PM MDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Garfield County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 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
Jul 8, 2:19 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTDolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel16 hr

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.