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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 17, 20144 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2014, 4:04 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 17, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 17, 2014, 4:04 AM MDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Dolores County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 17, 4:02 AM MDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 4:02 AM MDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 6:15 AM MDT, 21 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
615 AM MDT FRI MAY 16 2014

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-171215-
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-
615 AM MDT FRI MAY 16 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM
THE UINTA MOUNTAINS...ACROSS NORTHWEST COLORADO AND THE WEST
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE
WITH PASSING SHOWERS OR STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE WARM AND DRY WITH BREEZY
AFTERNOONS RAISING CONCERNS FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 2:28 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel	31 hr
May 17, 2:28 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 3 more	55 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2014 Every red flag warning 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.