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Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Grand Junction, CO

April 18, 20115 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Apr 18, 2011, 3:31 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 18, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2011, 3:31 AM MDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Apr 18, 3:30 AM MDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:30 AM MDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:45 AM MDT, 21 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 3:31 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa and 4 more	38 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2011 Every winter storm 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.