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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Grand Junction, CO

September 12, 2016Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; Grand County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 12, 2016, 4:01 AM MDT for Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; Grand County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Sep 12, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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: Sep 12, 2016, 4:01 AM MDT (10:01 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 12, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired: Sep 12, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Grand County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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 Sep 12, 3:56 AM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 3:56 AM MDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 8:17 PM MDT, 7 hours 44 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
Sep 12, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Dolores, Montezuma	24 min
Sep 12, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Montrose	39 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.