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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO

March 30, 201715 counties in Colorado; Daggett County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 30, 2017, 3:29 AM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado; Daggett County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Mar 30, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 30, 2017, 3:29 AM MDT (09:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 30, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 1, 2017, 4:30 AM MDT
In force: 35 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, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Daggett County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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 Mar 29, 11:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 11:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 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
Mar 30, 3:29 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GJT	Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 6 more	49 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2017 Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 2017 Every winter storm 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.