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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 4, 20108 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2010, 8:55 AM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 4, 2010, 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 4, 2010, 8:55 AM MDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 4, 2010, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

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

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 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 4, 2:26 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTDolores, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 2 more30 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010

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.