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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 5, 20154 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2015, 4:30 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 5, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
Aug 5, 2015, 4:30 AM MDT (10:30 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 5, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 5, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Garfield County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.