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Red Flag Warning 35, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 1, 2020Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jul 1, 2020, 2:20 PM MDT for Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It took effect at Jul 2, 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: Jul 1, 2020, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 2, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 Jul 1, 11:31 AM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 11:31 AM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Sources

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