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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 21, 201311 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2013, 2:53 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 23, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 33 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
May 21, 2013, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 23, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 24, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 2:54 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTDelta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 5 more12 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.