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Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 24, 2012, 11:30 AM MDT for 7 counties in Utah; 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 25, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 11 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 24, 2012, 11:30 AM MDT (17:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 11:08 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Garfield County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, Carbon County, UT, Daggett County, UT, Duchesne County, UT, Emery County, UT, Grand County, UT, Uintah County, UT, Wasatch County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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 nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964 WWUS85 KGJT 241730 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1130 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST UTAH ZONE 487...AND COLORADO ZONES 201...202...203...290...291...292... 293 AND 207 THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST UTAH ZONES 480...481...482...483...484...485...486...487 AND COLORADO ZONES 200...201...202...AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF 203 FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... .EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO ARE SANDWICHED BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE OREGON COAST AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ON THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST AFTERNOON WINDS AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE RAINFALL...THOUGH WETTING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF COLORADO ZONES. MONDAY THE DEEPER MOISTURE IS OVER EASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO PRODUCING THE GREATEST LIGHTNING THREAT. COZ201>203-UTZ487-250530- /O.NEW.KGJT.FW.W.0029.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120625T0600Z/ ROUTT FORECAST AREA-WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA- GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS- 1130 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...290...291...292...293 AND 487... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203 AND 487... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 201 ROUTT FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 14 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY NOON TO MIDNIGHT WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ200-UTZ481>486-250530- /O.NEW.KGJT.FW.W.0029.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS-EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN UINTA BASIN- 1130 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...481...482...483...484...485 AND 486... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 485 EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ207-290>293-250530- /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120625T0600Z/ DURANGO FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA- NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA- GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA- 1130 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...290...291...292...293 AND 487... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...11 TO 16 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON MONDAY NOON TO MIDNIGHT WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT
5 follow-up statements
883 WWUS85 KGJT 250346 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 946 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST UTAH ZONES 480...481...482...483...484...485...486...487 AND COLORADO ZONES 200...201...202...AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF 203 FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... .EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WILL REMAIN SANDWICHED BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE OREGON COAST AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ON THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT ANY STORM THAT FORMS ON MONDAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SHIFT OVER EASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO PRODUCING THE GREATEST LIGHTNING THREAT AND IS WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. COZ201>203-UTZ487-251800- /O.CAN.KGJT.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120625T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0029.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ ROUTT FORECAST AREA-WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA- GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS- 946 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...290...291...292... 293 AND 487... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY EVENING...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING REMAIN IS EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 201 ROUTT FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS. * WINDS...MONDAY AFTERNOON...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING...7 TO 12 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ207-290>293-250500- /O.CAN.KGJT.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120625T0600Z/ DURANGO FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA- NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA- GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA- 946 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...290... 291...292...293 AND 487... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY EVENING. THE THREAT OF A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY STILL DRIFT ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS GUSTS REACHING THE GROUND DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE INVERSIONS SEEMS UNLIKELY. $$ COZ200-UTZ481>486-251800- /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0029.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS-EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN UINTA BASIN- 946 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...481...482...483...484... 485 AND 486... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 485 EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN. * WINDS...MONDAY AFTERNOON...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING...7 TO 12 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
028 WWUS85 KGJT 250902 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 302 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST UTAH ZONES 480...481...482...483...484...485...486...487 AND COLORADO ZONES 200...201...202...AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF 203 FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... .EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WILL REMAIN SANDWICHED BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE OREGON COAST AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ON THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SHIFT OVER EASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO PRODUCING THE GREATEST LIGHTNING THREAT AND THIS IS WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. COZ200>203-UTZ481>487-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0029.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-ROUTT FORECAST AREA- WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA-GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA- WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS- EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS- 302 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...481...482...483...484...485 AND 486... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 201 ROUTT FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 485 EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 14 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
582 WWUS85 KGJT 251328 CCA RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 720 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...CORRECTED HEADLINES FOR INCLUDED ZONES... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST UTAH ZONES 481...482...483...484...485...486...487 AND COLORADO ZONES 200...201...202...AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF 203 FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... .EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WILL REMAIN SANDWICHED BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE OREGON COAST AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ON THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SHIFT OVER EASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO PRODUCING THE GREATEST LIGHTNING THREAT AND THIS IS WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. COZ200>203-UTZ481>487-260230- /O.COR.KGJT.FW.W.0029.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-ROUTT FORECAST AREA- WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA-GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA- WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS- EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS- 720 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES 481...482...483...484...485 AND 486... AND COLORADO FIRE ZONES 200...201...202 AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF 203... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 201 ROUTT FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 485 EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 14 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH AN LAL OF 6. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
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WWUS85 KGJT 252109
RFWGJT
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
309 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
207...290...291...292 AND 293...
.EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WILL REMAIN SANDWICHED BETWEEN
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE OREGON COAST AND A HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE ON THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND DRIFTING OVER THE VALLEYS LATER IN THE
DAY. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.
COZ200-202-UTZ486-487-260915-
/O.NEW.KGJT.FW.W.0030.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/
LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS-
309 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY.
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* AFFECTED AREA...
IN COLORADO...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA...AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA.
IN UTAH...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN...AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 11 PERCENT.
* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH 9 PM. LAL OF 6. STORMS WILL FORM
FIRST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THEN MOVE OVER THE VALLEYS
LATE IN THE DAY.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
&&
$$
COZ201-203-UTZ481>485-260915-
/O.NEW.KGJT.FW.W.0030.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/
ROUTT FORECAST AREA-GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-
WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-
SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS-
EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-
309 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY.
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* AFFECTED AREA...
IN COLORADO...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 201 ROUTT FORECAST AREA...AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA.
IN UTAH...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS...AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 485 EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH ON
TUESDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 14 PERCENT.
* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH 9 PM. LAL OF 6. STORMS WILL FORM
FIRST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THEN MOVE OVER THE VALLEYS
LATE IN THE DAY.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
&&
$$
COZ207-290>293-260915-
/O.NEW.KGJT.FW.W.0030.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/
DURANGO FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-
NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-
GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA-
309 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
207...290...291...292 AND 293...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...
IN COLORADO...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA...AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA.
* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON
THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY WITH A LAL OF 6. STORMS WILL FORM FIRST
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON AND THEN MOVE OVER THE VALLEYS LATE
IN THE DAY.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
&&
$$
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
JAD497 WWUS85 KGJT 260508 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1108 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207...290...291...292 AND 293... .THE STRONG RIDGE OVER THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO BE FLATTENED BY LOW PRESSURE ADVANCING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND DRIFTING OVER THE VALLEYS LATER IN THE DAY. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. WITH THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN STRONGER GENERAL WINDS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO WHERE AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL REACH UP TO 35 MPH. COZ200-202-UTZ486-487-261800- /O.CAN.KGJT.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0030.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS- 1108 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202...486 AND 487... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 486 EASTERN UINTA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 487 EASTERN BOOK CLIFFS. * WINDS...ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 14 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ON TUESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH 9 PM. LAL OF 6. STORMS WILL FORM FIRST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THEN MOVE OVER THE VALLEYS LATE IN THE DAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ201-203-UTZ481>485-261800- /O.CAN.KGJT.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0030.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ ROUTT FORECAST AREA-GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA- WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS- EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- 1108 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...203...481...482...483...484 AND 485... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 201 ROUTT FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA. IN UTAH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTA BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 WESTERN BOOK CLIFFS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 485 EASTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 17 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ON TUESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH 9 PM. LAL OF 6. STORMS WILL FORM FIRST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THEN MOVE OVER THE VALLEYS LATE IN THE DAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ207-290>293-261800- /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0030.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ DURANGO FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA- NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA- GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA- 1108 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 207...290...291...292 AND 293... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS NOON THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY WITH A LAL OF 6. STORMS WILL FORM FIRST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON AND THEN MOVE OVER THE VALLEYS LATE IN THE DAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE IGNITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH VERY HIGH RATES OF SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 24, 10:56 AM MDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 10:56 AM MDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1056 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1056 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012
PLENTY OF SMOKE FROM THE WEBER FIRE REMAINS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AFTER IT MADE IT AS FAR NORTH AS THE GRAND VALLEY OVERNIGHT. ONCE THE
INVERSION BREAKS AROUND NOON...THE SMOKE SHOULD GET SCOURED OUT AS
GOOD MIXING OCCURS.
LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWING SOME CU BUILDUP OVER THE SAN
JUANS AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SO THE RED
FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING LOOKS GOOD.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 325 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012
CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN MEXICO IS APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA
BORDER THIS MORNING AND IS A HINT THAT THERE IS A DECENT WAVE IN THE
FLOW PROVIDING LARGE SCALE ASCENT. THIS WAVE ARRIVES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SOME MOISTURE ALREADY PASSING THROUGH THE AREA FROM
STORMS LAST EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
AND GOES SOUNDINGS DATA SHOW MOISTURE INCREASING AND EVENING
SOUNDINGS AT KABQ AND KTWC INDICATED PWATS OVER 0.50 INCHES AND
INCREASING. MODELS GRABBING ONTO THIS NICELY AND APPEARS WE WILL
HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE IN PLACE TO GET STORMS ROLLING BY MIDDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY...THE LOW LEVELS REMAIN VERY DRY WHICH WILL HELP
ACCELERATE WIND DOWNWARD FOR SOME GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND LITTLE
RAINFALL. THE BETTER CHANCES FOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS LOOK TO BE
NEARER THE EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO BORDER REGION WHERE
MID LEVEL WINDS ARE STRONGER ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AND
SHOULD HELP WITH DCAPE VALUES. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH CHANCES OF
CONVECTION IN THE VALLEY BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
INTERACTIONS.
WITH THIS WAVE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA ON MONDAY AND GENERAL
SUBSIDENCE OVER THE REGION MODELS ARE BECOMING A BIT MORE QUIET WITH
RESPECT TO CONVECTION. THE MOISTURE PLUME WILL BE SPREADING
NORTHWARD WHILE RETROGRADING TO THE WEST AS THE UPPER RIDGE
EXPANDS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. PVU FIELDS STILL DO NOT HINT AT
WELL DEFINED WAVE SO EXPECT MAINLY ISOLATED OROGRAPHIC DRIVEN
CONVECTION BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE
NORMAL AND SEE NO REASON NOT TO SWAY TO FAR FROM PERSISTENCE BUT
THE CLOUD COVER AND ADDED MOISTURE MAY KEEP HIGHS DOWN A FEW
DEGREES FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS. WITH LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT EXPECT
THE CONVECTION TO REMAIN DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND SHOULD COLLAPSE
AFTER SUNSET.
BY TUESDAY THE MAIN CORE OF THE PACIFIC JET WILL BE ROUNDING THE
BASE OF THE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHWEST STATES AND BEGIN TO LIFT THIS
SYSTEM INTO THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES. THIS WILL PUSH STRONGER MID LEVEL
WINDS INTO OUR WESTERN CWA AS IT BEGIN TO PLOW INTO THE STRONG RIDGE
AND MAY BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS TO THE FAVORED AREAS OF NORTHWEST
COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. THE MOISTURE PLUME WILL BE PUSHED BACK
OUR CWA WITH VALUES STILL PUSHING UP TO NEAR AN INCH. THIS SHOULD BE
ENOUGH FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO ONCE AGAIN FIRE BUT THE BETTER
DYNAMICS DO NOT LOOK TO COME INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION TO THE JET MOVES THROUGH OUR WESTERN CWA AND MAY
KEEP THE OVERNIGHT HOURS A BIT MORE ACTIVE.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ON THE HOT SIDE OF NORMAL WITH READINGS
ONLY BACKING OFF A DEGREE OR TWO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THIS
MARGINAL MOISTURE SURGE WORKS IN AND BRINGS A FEW MORE CLOUDS EACH
AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 325 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012
ANOTHER WEAK WAVE WORKING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL HELP TO
SQUEEZE OUT ONE LAST ROUND OF DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS FLOW ALOFT
BECOMES MORE SOUTHWEST AND WEST. THIS PATTERN THEN HOLDS INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS RESUMING WITH WINDS PICKING
BACK UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 1056 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012
SMOKE FROM THE WEBER FIRE CAN BE SEEN AROUND KGJT AND KMTJ THOUGH
NO RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY HAVE BEEN NOTED. THE SMOKE SHOULD
LIFT BY NOON WHEN THE INVERSION BREAKS AND GOOD MIXING KICKS IN.
ASIDE FROM THAT...VFR CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE WITH SOME AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY SAN JUANS AND CENTRAL MTNS.
SOME ERRATIC...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE UNDER
AND NEAR ANY STORMS THAT FORM. NO TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED TO SEE
ANY OF THESE STORMS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 325 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012
A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO
TODAY AND TEAM WITH LIMITED MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO TRIGGER ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
FOCUS OF STORMS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH A FEW
DRIFTING OVER THE VALLEYS AFTER 1400. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
LITTLE TO NO RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. AS A RESULT...RED
FLAG WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. AT THIS
TIME...CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE DEVELOPING SHORTLY BEFORE NOON AND
WILL CONTINUE AFTER SUNSET. MOISTURE IS INITIALLY FORECAST TO BE
DEEPEST ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WHERE TRANSPORT WINDS WILL
ONLY BE AROUND 10-15 MPH. THIS COMBINES FOR A CHANCE OF WETTING
RAINS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COLORADO ZONES. BUT EVEN THESE
CELLS HOLD THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING ALONG THE EDGE
OF THE CELLS.
A PRECARIOUS BALANCING ACT SETS UP FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE AND THE AFTERNOONS MAY SEE SW
GRADIENT WINDS NEAR THE CRITICAL 25 MPH RANGE. IN ADDITION MOISTURE
WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF
WETTING RAINS OVER EASTERN UTAH AND FAR WESTERN COLORADO ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. DRIER AND HOTTER CONDITIONS RETURN TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CO...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR COZ201>203-207-
290>293.
UT...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR UTZ487.
&&
UPDATE...TGR
SHORT TERM...JDC/15
LONG TERM...JDC
AVIATION...JDC
FIRE WEATHER...JOE/JDCHazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:33 AM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.