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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 23, 2011Routt County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this river flood warning at Jun 23, 2011, 1:19 PM MDT for Routt County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 23, 2011, 1:30 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2011, 1:19 PM MDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 23, 2011, 1:30 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Flood severity
Minor

County Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 3:25 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTDolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma and 2 more11 hr
Jun 23, 2:13 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGJTMesa9 days
Jun 23, 2:19 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTDolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma and 2 more55 hr
Jun 23, 2:44 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGJTEagle10 days
Jun 23, 3:34 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGJTPitkin4 days
Jun 23, 4:14 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGJTEagle, Garfield43 hr

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.