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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 29, 2021San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2021, 6:17 PM MDT for San Juan County, Utah. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2021, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 225 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

135 
WGUS55 KGJT 300017
FFWGJT
UTC037-300330-
/O.NEW.KGJT.FF.W.0059.210730T0017Z-210730T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
617 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern San Juan County in southeastern Utah...

* Until 930 PM MDT.

* At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 
  0.8 to 1.3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Bluff, Montezuma Creek and Tselakai Dezza.

This includes the following highways...
	Utah 162 between mile markers 0 and 14.
	U.S. Highway 191 in Utah between mile markers 23 and 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3723 10933 3722 10943 3726 10961 3739 10954
      3730 10928

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.8-1.3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

NL
1 follow-up statement
907 
WGUS75 KGJT 300328
FFSGJT

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
928 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

UTC037-300338-
/O.EXP.KGJT.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210730T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Juan UT-
928 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MDT for portions 
of east central Utah and southeast Utah.

LAT...LON 3723 10933 3722 10943 3726 10961 3739 10954
      3730 10928

$$

JDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand44 min
Jul 29, 6:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Juan3 hr
Jul 29, 6:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Juan3 hr
Jul 29, 7:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTGrand, San Juan3 hr
Jul 29, 7:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Juan3 hr
Jul 29, 11:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTUintah41 min
Jul 30, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTUintah52 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.