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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO

January 19, 2018Daggett County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 19, 2018, 2:54 PM MST for Daggett County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Jan 20, 2018, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 30 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 19, 2018, 2:54 PM MST (21:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2018, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 21, 2018, 6:00 AM MST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Daggett County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 300 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2018-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2018-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 10:37 AM MST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 10:37 AM MST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 3:50 AM MST, 11 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service GRAND JUNCTION CO
350 AM MST Fri Jan 19 2018

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-201100-
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-
350 AM MST Fri Jan 19 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for eastern Utah and western
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Winter weather will return to the area starting late tonight. A
Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the eastern Uinta mountains
of northeast Utah where a foot or more of snow is possible from
midnight tonight through Saturday night. A Pacific storm will move
through eastern Utah and into northwestern Colorado late tonight
then move slowly southeast.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

The Pacific storm will continue moving southeast and bring winter
weather to all of eastern Utah and western Colorado. A Winter
Storm Watch was issued for the San Juan mountains for late
Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning where a foot or more of
snowfall is possible. Accumulating snow is likely in all mountain
zones of eastern Utah and western Colorado, while some snow is
possible in the valleys late Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Travel will become treacherous over mountain passes Friday night
with impacts lasting through Sunday morning.

Another weaker storm will affect areas north of Interstate 70
Monday night and Tuesday.

A third storm will approach the Great Basin and central Rockies
late next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 8:41 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more6 hr
Jan 19, 2:54 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose and 3 more6 hr
Jan 19, 2:54 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more54 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 2018Every winter storm warning in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.