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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2013, 12:23 PM MDT for La Plata County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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 22, 2013, 12:23 PM MDT (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County La Plata County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 21, 4:07 PM MDT, 20 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 4:07 PM MDT, 20 hours 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 11:08 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | Garfield | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | 52 min | |
| Sep 22, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Montrose, San Miguel | 40 min |
| Sep 22, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | La Plata, Montezuma | 44 min |
| Sep 22, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | La Plata | 40 min |
| Sep 22, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Delta, Mesa, Montrose | 50 min |
| Sep 22, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Rio Blanco | 47 min |
| Sep 22, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | La Plata | 41 min |
| Sep 22, 2:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | La Plata | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | La Plata | 49 min |
| Sep 22, 2:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Hinsdale, La Plata | 46 min |
| Sep 22, 3:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | La Plata, Montezuma | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Hinsdale | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Garfield, Mesa | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Delta, Mesa | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | La Plata | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Archuleta | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Grand | 38 min |
| Sep 22, 10:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Uintah | 45 min |
| Sep 22, 11:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Grand | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 11:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | San Juan | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 11:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | San Juan | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | San Juan | 39 min |
| Sep 22, 12:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GJT | San Juan | 44 min |
| Sep 22, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Grand | 51 min |
| Sep 22, 2:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Grand | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | Grand | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.