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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2014, 4:50 PM MDT for 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
- Jul 24, 2014, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2014, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County San Miguel County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 Jul 24, 4:32 PM MDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 4:32 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 6:13 AM MDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 613 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-251215- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- 613 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHWEST COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHWEST COLORADO...WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHEAST UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP AND EXPAND THIS MORNING...BECOMING NUMEROUS IN THE WESTERN COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. WETTING RAINS IS EXPECTED FOR MOST MOUNTAIN SPOTS. IN THE VALLEYS...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALIZED MUD DEBRIS FLOWS OR FALLING ROCKS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS PRONE TO SUCH ACTIVITY...LIKE STEEP TERRAIN. MOST STORM ACTIVITY WILL DIE DOWN BY MIDNIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON FRIDAY WITH SOME DRIFTING OVER VALLEY LOCATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DRIER AIR MOVES IN FOR THE WEEKEND WITH A DOWNTURN IN STORM ACTIVITY. STORMS WILL STILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON BUT MAINLY BE ANCHORED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...EXPECT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY OVER THE MOUNTAINS...EACH DAY. A FEW STORMS WILL DRIFT OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE DAY AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF SHOWERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT LIKELY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 112 PM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 COZ017-020-UTZ028-241945- PARADOX VALLEY/LITTLE DOLORES RIVER CO- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS UT- 112 PM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MESA AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAND COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT... AT 109 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GATEWAY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT HIGHWAY 145 NEAR GATEWAY AS WELL AS CANYONS SURROUNDING GATEWAY. HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3856 10902 3871 10910 3877 10884 3861 10876 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 248DEG 7KT 3865 10898
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 120 PM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 COZ002-004-005-241945- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- 120 PM MDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS... CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN...UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN... AT 119 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES WEST OF HAYDEN...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CRAIG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYDEN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4040 10740 4058 10749 4077 10701 4052 10688 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 248DEG 29KT 4053 10735 JAM
Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Archuleta | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | 33 min | |
| Jul 24, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GJT | Routt | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Mesa | 108 min |
| Jul 24, 3:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GJT | Garfield, Pitkin | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GJT | Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Pitkin | 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.