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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Grand Junction, CO

April 25, 20207 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 25, 2020, 2:11 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 26, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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: Apr 25, 2020, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 26, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 26, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 25, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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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.