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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 16, 2020Montrose County, San Miguel County, Colorado; Grand County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 16, 2020, 7:21 PM MDT for Montrose County, San Miguel County, Colorado; Grand County, Utah. It took effect at May 17, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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: May 16, 2020, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 17, 2020, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Montrose County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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 May 16, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:18 AM MDT, 15 hours 3 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
May 17, 3:34 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more	44 hr
May 17, 2:50 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more	57 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2020 Red Flag Warnings in Utah, 2020 Every red flag warning in 2020

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.