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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 17, 2015Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Aug 17, 2015, 10:37 AM MDT for Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It took effect at Aug 17, 2015, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 17, 2015, 10:37 AM MDT (16:37 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2015, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2015, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 17, 9:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Mesa	49 min
Aug 17, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Eagle	47 min
Aug 17, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Pitkin	49 min
Aug 17, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	La Plata	50 min
Aug 17, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Eagle	28 min
Aug 17, 4:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	Archuleta	19 min
Aug 17, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	Eagle, Pitkin	35 min
Aug 17, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Garfield	49 min
Aug 17, 5:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Garfield	20 min

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.