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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 13, 2013Rio Blanco County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2013, 1:04 PM MDT for Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2013, 1:04 PM MDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2013, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Rio Blanco County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 12, 3:16 PM MDT, 21 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:16 PM MDT, 21 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTRio Blanco50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2013Every severe thunderstorm 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.