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Winter Storm Warning 19, NWS Grand Junction, CO

December 17, 201610 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2016, 11:07 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. 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
Dec 17, 2016, 11:07 AM MST (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 2016, 8:09 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 Dec 16, 3:47 PM MST, 19 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 3:47 PM MST, 19 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 9:52 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJTMoffat, Rio Blanco, Routt7 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every winter storm 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.