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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this freeze warning at Apr 2, 2015, 3:34 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Apr 3, 2015, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 2, 2015, 3:34 AM MDT (09:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2015, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montrose County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 1, 3:11 PM MDT, 12 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:11 PM MDT, 12 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 6:00 AM MDT, 21 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT WED APR 1 2015 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-021200- 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- 600 AM MDT WED APR 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF AGRICULTURAL AND DITCH BURNS ESCAPING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AS DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION BRINGING COOLER AIR AND ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT...WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN BRINGING A WARM UP FOR THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE TUESDAY. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 11:14 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Montrose and 1 more | 46 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Colorado, 2015Freeze Warnings in Utah, 2015Every freeze warning in 2015
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.