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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Aug 31, 2011, 3:02 PM MDT for Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It took effect at Sep 1, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Aug 31, 2011, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2011, 8:49 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 31, 11:55 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 11:55 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 6:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2011 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011248- 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- 600 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THOUGH AREAS SOUTH WILL SEE SOME STRONGER WINDS TOO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY...FAVORING THE SOUTH. ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRIER AIR MOVING OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER MAY COMBINE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THEN A DRYING TREND WILL RESULT IN A DOWNTURN IN THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MOISTURE WILL AGAIN STREAM INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON MONDAY FOR AN INCREASED CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:35 PM MDT, 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Mesa | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Grand | 39 min |
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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.