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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Grand Junction, CO

January 30, 201615 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 30, 2016, 4:27 PM MST for 15 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Jan 31, 2016, 5:26 PM MST. It was in force for 43 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
Jan 30, 2016, 4:27 PM MST (23:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2016, 5:26 PM MST
Expired
Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
In force
43 hr
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, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 Jan 30, 12:03 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 12:03 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:13 AM MST, 11 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
513 AM MST SAT JAN 30 2016

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-311300-
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-
513 AM MST SAT JAN 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MANY WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THIS MORNING
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. NORTHERN AREAS FAVORED
FIRST DROPPING SOUTH AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SOME CONCERNS AS WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE POSSIBLY CAUSING RAIN BEFORE
SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW LATER IN THE DAY. THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT TO
THE NEW MEXICO BORDER BY TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN THE FOCUS OF
PRECIPITATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SOME LIGHT SNOW LOOKS LIKELY SUNDAY BEFORE A DEEP LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS LOW WILL CAUSE SNOW TO MOVE FROM
THE SOUTH TO NORTH CAUSING PLENTY OF NEW SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS. WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PART
OF THE STORM MONDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY MORNING

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:58 AM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:59 AM MST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2016Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 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.