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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Grand Junction, CO

February 5, 201710 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 5, 2017, 3:03 PM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 6, 2017, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 45 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: Feb 5, 2017, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2017, 3:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 8, 2017, 11:54 AM MST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Delta County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 Feb 5, 11:21 AM MST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 11:21 AM MST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 5:31 AM MST, 9 hours 32 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
Feb 5, 3:03 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 8 more	67 hr

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.