Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2011
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 25, 2011, 9:03 PM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Jul 26, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2011, 9:03 PM MDT (03:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
- Flood severity
- None
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, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT, Uintah County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 12:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Montrose | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Gunnison, Ouray | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Mesa | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2011Flash Flood Watches in Utah, 2011Every flash flood watch in 2011
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.