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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Grand Junction, CO

September 13, 2013San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2013, 3:25 PM MDT for San Juan County, Utah. It was in force for 3 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
Sep 13, 2013, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2013, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County San Juan County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 13, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 6:46 AM MDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
646 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-141300-
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-
646 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FAVORING HIGHER TERRAIN.
SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND A THREAT OF ISOLATED
FLASH FLOODING...BUT THIS WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED THAT IN RECENT
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

EXPECT A SLOW DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GENERALLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH PRECIPITATION FAVORING HIGHER
TERRAIN. THE THREAT OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH STORMS
BUT THIS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

.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
Sep 12, 7:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTSan Miguel3 hr
Sep 12, 11:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTGarfield3 hr
Sep 13, 12:49 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Miguel3 hr
Sep 13, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand26 min
Sep 13, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand38 min
Sep 13, 5:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTGrand3 hr

Nearby

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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.