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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 5, 2011Mesa County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2011, 7:04 PM MDT for Mesa County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 6, 2011, 2:24 PM MDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2011, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2011, 2:24 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 11:19 AM MDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO
Flood severity: Major

County Mesa County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Colorado River at Cameo (CAMC2).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 14.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09095500, 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 5, 3:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:45 AM MDT, 13 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
545 AM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-061200-
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-
545 AM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...SIGNIFICANT RISES EXPECTED ON AREA WATERWAYS LATE THIS WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ACCELERATED SNOWMELT ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH...INCREASING RUNOFF
INTO AREA WATERWAYS. THIS INCREASED RUNOFF WILL KEEP RIVERS RUNNING
HIGH AND FAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH
WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW PACK PERSISTS. MANY RIVERS WILL BE EXCEEDING
BANKFULL AND EVEN FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO
SOUTHWEST COLORADO BELOW 7000 FEET MONDAY. FOLLOWING ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY A BRIEF COOL DOWN IS EXPECTED BY MIDWEEK.
HOWEVER MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE AND AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND
STREAMS WILL REMAIN RUNNING FAST AND HIGH.

A FEW MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTH...OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

NL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GJT	Moffat, Routt	14 days
Jun 6, 4:39 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	GJT	Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose and 3 more	16 hr
Jun 6, 10:01 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GJT	Eagle	13 days
Jun 6, 10:18 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	GJT	Archuleta	49 hr
Jun 6, 10:52 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	GJT	Pitkin	12 days
Jun 6, 3:58 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	GJT	Eagle	7 days
Jun 6, 4:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GJT	Grand	65 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2011 Every 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.