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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO

October 7, 201210 counties in Colorado; Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this freeze warning at Oct 7, 2012, 2:40 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado; Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Oct 8, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
Oct 7, 2012, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 8, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2012, 8:10 AM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Oct 7, 2:37 PM MDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 2:37 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 6:38 AM MDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
638 AM MDT SUN OCT 7 2012

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-081300-
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-
638 AM MDT SUN OCT 7 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Colorado, 2012Freeze Warnings in Utah, 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.