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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 25, 2011Eagle County, Garfield County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this river flood warning at Jun 25, 2011, 8:44 AM MDT for Eagle County, Garfield County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 25, 2011, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2011, 8:44 AM MDT (14:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2011, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2011, 11:40 AM MDT
In force
70 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 14:47 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:53 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTDolores, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma and 2 more30 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.