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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Grand Junction, CO

September 11, 201215 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood watch at Sep 11, 2012, 7:57 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2012, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2012, 6:55 PM MDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 11, 2:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 2:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Juan3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2012Flash Flood Watches in Utah, 2012Every flash flood watch in 2012

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.