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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this river flood warning at Jun 30, 2011, 6:16 PM MDT for Routt County, Colorado. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2011, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
County Routt County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Elk River near Milner (ENMC2).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 7.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8.5 ft
- Major stage
- 9.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09242500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 30, 3:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1000 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2011 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011200- 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- 1000 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 576 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN UTAH AND MUCH OF WESTERN COLORADO... ...RED FLAG IN EFFECT FOR THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS WILL KEEP RIVERS RUNNING HIGH AND FAST THROUGH TONIGHT. NUMEROUS FLOOD ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH. PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURN SATURDAY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH STORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS MOISTURE WORKS ITS WAY IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK FROM THE SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. TGJT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:52 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | GJT | Routt | 18 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Routt | 4 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.