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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 8, 20144 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at Jun 8, 2014, 4:25 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 8, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 4:25 AM MDT (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 8, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
7 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 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 323 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1374 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMesa38 min
Jun 8, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMoffat51 min
Jun 8, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMesa47 min
Jun 8, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTDelta, Pitkin41 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.