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Red Flag Warning 61, NWS Grand Junction, CO

October 23, 202016 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 23, 2020, 3:12 AM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 23, 2020, 12:00 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
Oct 23, 2020, 3:12 AM MDT (09:12 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 23, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 10:17 PM MDTFreeze WarningGJTGarfield, Mesa11 hr
Oct 23, 1:36 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more26 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 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.