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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Grand Junction, CO

March 21, 20168 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 21, 2016, 1:10 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 22, 2016, 11:00 AM 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: Mar 21, 2016, 1:10 PM MDT (19:10 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 Mar 21, 12:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 12:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 5:30 AM MDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
530 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2016

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-221130-
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-
530 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
COLORADO...SOUTHWEST COLORADO...WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST
CENTRAL UTAH...NORTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHEAST UTAH.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH
POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND PRECIPITATION TO THE
REGION BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
COLORADO MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH A SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM AT
THE END OF THE WORK WEEK INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 4:06 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GJT	Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel	9 hr
Mar 21, 4:08 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	GJT	Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more	11 hr
Mar 21, 3:37 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa and 7 more	50 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2016 Every red flag 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.