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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Grand Junction, CO

October 8, 2017Montrose County, San Miguel County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 8, 2017, 4:25 AM MDT for Montrose County, San Miguel County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 8, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
Oct 8, 2017, 4:25 AM MDT (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 8, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Montrose County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 3:23 PM MDTFreeze WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Montrose23 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2017Every red flag warning in 2017

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.