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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Grand Junction, CO

September 14, 2013Dolores County, San Miguel County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2013, 6:40 PM MDT for Dolores County, San Miguel County, Colorado. 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 14, 2013, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2013, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dolores County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 14, 6:00 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 14, 6:26 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
626 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MONTICELLO              37.87N 109.34W
09/14/2013                   SAN JUAN           UT   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 191 CLOSED MP 85... 86 15 MILES NORTH OF
            MONTICELLO. 2 FEET OF WATER GOING OVER THE ROAD. HWY 211
            TO CANYONLANDS NEEDLES AREA CLOSED DUE TO MUD AND
            DEBRIS... USING SNOW PLOWS TO CLEAR ROAD. AT 325 PM
            CANYONLAND CLOSED SHAFFER TRAIL DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER GJT1301515

BK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 7:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GJT	Dolores, Montezuma, San Miguel	3 hr
Sep 14, 9:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GJT	Montezuma	3 hr
Sep 14, 6:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GJT	San Juan	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2013 Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.