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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Grand Junction, CO

May 8, 20207 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2020, 1:46 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 9, 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
May 8, 2020, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 9, 2020, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

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

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.