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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO

January 22, 200918 counties in Colorado; Daggett County, Grand County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 22, 2009, 1:00 PM MST for 18 counties in Colorado; Daggett County, Grand County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Jan 23, 2009, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2009, 1:00 PM MST (20:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2009, 12:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 27, 2009, 2:26 PM MST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

All 21 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, Daggett County, UT, Grand County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 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 Jan 22, 4:45 AM MST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:45 AM MST, 8 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 5:14 AM MST, 7 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 4:48 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	GJT	Eagle, Garfield, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt	8 hr
Jan 22, 3:46 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more	60 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2009 Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 2009 Every winter storm 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.