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Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 19, 202010 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Aug 19, 2020, 3:51 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 19, 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
Aug 19, 2020, 3:51 AM MDT (09:51 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2020, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Delta County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 12:23 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more15 hr
Aug 19, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGarfield51 min

Nearby

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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.