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Winter Storm Warning 22, NWS Grand Junction, CO

December 27, 20145 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 27, 2014, 2:51 PM MST for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 28, 2014, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2014, 2:51 PM MST (21:51 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2014, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 29, 2014, 5:40 PM MST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 27, 10:39 AM MST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 10:39 AM MST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:54 AM MST, 9 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
454 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2014

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-281200-
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-
454 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FOG WILL BE AROUND UNTIL MID-MORNING AND
MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED TRAVEL SLOWDOWNS AND SLIPPERY ROADS. DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNS TO
THE FAR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER PACIFIC STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE COLORADO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOWFALL AND BLOWING
SNOW FROM THIS STORM SHOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS
IN THE HIGH COUNTY.

A CHANCE OF SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...
FOCUSING ON SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JAD/CJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 4:57 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more23 hr
Dec 27, 2:51 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more67 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2014Every 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.