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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Grand Junction, CO

October 1, 20154 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2015, 3:02 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 2, 2015, 1:00 PM 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: Oct 1, 2015, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 2, 2015, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 2, 2015, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Dolores County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Oct 1, 11:47 AM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 11:47 AM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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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.