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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 17, 202015 counties in Colorado; Grand County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2020, 2:50 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado; Grand County, Utah. It took effect at May 19, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 13 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 17, 2020, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 19, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 20, 2020, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
13 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, Grand County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 17, 11:43 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 11:43 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:43 AM MDT, 11 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:21 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTMontrose, San Miguel26 hr
May 17, 3:34 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more44 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2020Red Flag Warnings in Utah, 2020Every 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.