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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 15, 20145 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 15, 2014, 3:56 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Jul 15, 2014, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2014, 3:56 AM MDT (09:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 15, 2014, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 16, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Dolores County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jul 15, 3:52 AM MDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:52 AM MDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 1:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 3:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GJT	Mesa	3 hr
Jul 15, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT		27 min
Jul 15, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Routt	28 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Utah, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.