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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 2, 202010 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2020, 3:39 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 2, 2020, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 2, 2020, 3:39 AM MDT (09:39 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2020, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 2, 2020, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

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

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 1, 10:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 10:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:34 AM MDT, 22 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 10:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 44 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 2, 9:57 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GJT	Moffat, Routt	51 hr
May 2, 12:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT		36 min
May 2, 1:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT		30 min
May 2, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Rio Blanco	39 min
May 2, 1:45 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more	31 hr
May 2, 1:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Rio Blanco	32 min
May 2, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT		32 min
May 2, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Rio Blanco	35 min
May 2, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Garfield	45 min
May 2, 12:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Uintah	23 min
May 2, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Uintah	26 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.