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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Grand Junction, CO

February 20, 201518 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2015, 4:42 AM MST for 18 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 4 days. 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 20, 2015, 4:42 AM MST (11:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2015, 10:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 24, 2015, 4:01 AM MST
In force: 4 days
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

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 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 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 19, 9:57 PM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 9:57 PM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 6:17 AM MST, 22 hours 25 minutes before

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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
Feb 20, 4:42 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, La Plata and 8 more	3 days
Feb 20, 4:47 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more	23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2015 Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 2015 Every winter storm 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.