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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Grand Junction, CO

September 22, 2013La Plata County, Montezuma County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2013, 3:08 PM MDT for La Plata County, Montezuma 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 22, 2013, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties La Plata County, CO, Montezuma County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 23 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 4:07 PM MDT, 23 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 11:08 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTGarfield4 hr
Sep 22, 12:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTLa Plata6 hr
Sep 22, 12:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTSan Miguel3 hr
Sep 22, 12:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT52 min
Sep 22, 12:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTMontrose, San Miguel40 min
Sep 22, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTLa Plata, Montezuma44 min
Sep 22, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTLa Plata40 min
Sep 22, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTDelta, Mesa, Montrose50 min
Sep 22, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTRio Blanco47 min
Sep 22, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTLa Plata41 min
Sep 22, 2:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTLa Plata3 hr
Sep 22, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTLa Plata49 min
Sep 22, 2:40 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGJTDelta, Dolores, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel4 hr
Sep 22, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTArchuleta, Hinsdale, La Plata46 min
Sep 22, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTHinsdale6 hr
Sep 22, 4:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTGarfield, Mesa3 hr
Sep 22, 4:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTDelta, Mesa4 hr
Sep 22, 5:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTLa Plata3 hr
Sep 22, 5:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTArchuleta3 hr
Sep 22, 9:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand38 min
Sep 22, 10:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTUintah45 min
Sep 22, 11:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand48 min
Sep 22, 11:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTSan Juan48 min
Sep 22, 11:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTSan Juan3 hr
Sep 22, 12:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTSan Juan39 min
Sep 22, 12:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTSan Juan44 min
Sep 22, 1:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand51 min
Sep 22, 2:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTGrand3 hr
Sep 22, 4:48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.