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Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Grand Junction, CO

December 23, 20145 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2014, 12:04 AM MST for 5 counties in Colorado. 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: Dec 23, 2014, 12:04 AM MST (07:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2014, 9:00 AM MST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 22, 3:43 PM MST, 8 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:43 PM MST, 8 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 5:22 AM MST, 18 hours 42 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
Dec 23, 4:31 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more	35 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2014 Every winter storm 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.