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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2009, 3:47 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado; Grand County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at May 12, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2009, 3:47 AM MDT (09:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2009, 8:14 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, Grand County, UT, Uintah County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 12, 3:13 AM MDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:13 AM MDT, 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT MON MAY 11 2009 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-121145- 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 MAY 11 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST COLORADO FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL UTAH AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE GUNNISON RIVER THROUGH THE BLACK CANYON...AS WELL AS OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH DUE TO THE MELTING OF THE MOUNTAIN SNOW PACK. CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING OR RECREATING NEAR RIVERBANKS AND WATERWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL TEAM UP WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST COLORADO FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SEE DENRFWGJT FOR MORE INFORMATION...OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV.GJT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FAVORING THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO SNOW MELTING OFF THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. JDC/JOE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 11, 10:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:32 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel | 15 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Colorado, 2009Wind Advisories in Utah, 2009Every wind advisory 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.