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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 15, 2011Eagle County, Garfield County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2011, 2:14 PM MDT for Eagle County, Garfield County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 15, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2011, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 15, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2011, 9:59 AM MDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 near Dotsero (EGLC2).

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09070500, 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 15, 2:05 PM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:05 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
600 AM MDT WED JUN 15 2011

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-161200-
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 JUN 15 2011

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

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

MANY RIVERS CONTINUE TO EXCEED BANKFULL AND EVEN FLOOD STAGE WITH
WATER FLOWS HIGH AND FAST.  SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/GJT.

ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE UINTA
MOUNTAINS...SPREADING EAST OVER NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE AND AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS
WILL REMAIN RUNNING FAST...HIGH AND COLD.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS WEEK.  CHANCES OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS INCREASE ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

PF/MDA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:02 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more	24 hr
Jun 15, 2:02 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more	48 hr
Jun 15, 2:02 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma and 3 more	32 hr
Jun 15, 5:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GJT	Routt	43 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.