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Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Grand Junction, CO

December 24, 20126 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2012, 11:18 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 19 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
Dec 24, 2012, 11:18 AM MST (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 6:00 AM MST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Delta County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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 Dec 24, 10:28 AM MST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 10:28 AM MST, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:43 AM MST, 7 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
343 AM MST MON DEC 24 2012

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-251300-
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-
343 AM MST MON DEC 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO EASTERN
UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO 1 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE VALLEYS. NUMEROUS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED. FOR THE LATEST DETAILS...VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/GJT. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OUT EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A BRIEF PAUSE IN THE WINTER WEATHER ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
HOLDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every winter storm 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.