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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Grand Junction, CO

February 28, 201418 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2014, 5:00 AM MST for 18 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Feb 28, 2014, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 46 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
Feb 28, 2014, 5:00 AM MST (12:00 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2014, 6:00 PM MST
Expired
Mar 2, 2014, 3:30 PM MST
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT

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 Feb 28, 4:37 AM MST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:37 AM MST, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 5:15 AM MST, 23 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
515 AM MST THU FEB 27 2014

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-281300-
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-
515 AM MST THU FEB 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND
CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE VALLEYS.
SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP OVER HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE AN EVEN
STRONGER STORM APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS STORM WILL BRING PLENTY
OF RAIN AND SNOW TO EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING THOUGH SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MORE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND MOSTLY FOR THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AS WEAK WAVES MOVE OVER THAT AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 5:00 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJTArchuleta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more55 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 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.