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Freeze Warning 6, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 20, 2012Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Routt County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this freeze warning at Jun 20, 2012, 3:02 PM MDT for Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Routt County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 21, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
Jun 20, 2012, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 21, 2012, 7:01 AM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

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

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Jun 20, 10:27 AM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:27 AM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:56 AM MDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
556 AM MDT WED JUN 20 2012

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-211200-
LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-
UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
556 AM MDT WED JUN 20 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HOT TEMPERATURES RETURN ON FRIDAY...AND COMBINED WITH INCREASING
SURFACE WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BECOME
CRITICAL ONCE AGAIN.

THE HOT WEATHER CONTINUES ON SATURDAY BUT SURFACE WINDS WILL BE
LIGHTER.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS. THE STORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL GENERATE LITTLE
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:48 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTGarfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco, Routt and 1 more8 hr
Jun 20, 2:48 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTGarfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Rio Blanco, Routt and 1 more38 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every freeze warning 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.