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Freeze Warning 8, NWS Grand Junction, CO

November 16, 2016Garfield County, Mesa County, Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this freeze warning at Nov 16, 2016, 9:18 PM MST for Garfield County, Mesa County, Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Nov 17, 2016, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 15 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
Nov 16, 2016, 9:18 PM MST (04:18 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 18, 2016, 9:22 AM MST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Garfield County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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 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 Nov 16, 5:21 PM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 5:21 PM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 4:52 AM MST, 16 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
452 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-171200-
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-FLAT TOPS-
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-
452 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN UINTA
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING BECOMING WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT. STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE
PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ACCUMULATING MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. A
STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS
EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO THURSDAY WITH ITS IMPACTS
LINGERING THROUGH FRIDAY. MOUNTAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NORTH...CAN
EXPECT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. HIGHS ON THURSDAY
ARE FORECAST TO BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN WEDNESDAYS HIGHS
AND SHOULD BE EVEN CHILLIER ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...OVERNIGHT LOWS
FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S IN THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH SOME SINGLE DIGITS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SNOW ARRIVES MONDAY AND
COULD LINGER INTO TUESDAY AS THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IMPACTS
THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Colorado, 2016Freeze Warnings in Utah, 2016Every freeze warning in 2016

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.