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Flash Flood Watch 15, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 20, 20216 counties in Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 20, 2021, 12:37 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2021, 12:37 PM MDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2021, 8:36 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 20, 12:00 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:00 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 2:29 AM MDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
229 AM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-211300-
Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin-
Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus-Elkhead and Park Mountains-
Upper Yampa River Basin-Grand Valley-Debeque to Silt Corridor-
Central Colorado River Basin-Grand and Battlement Mesas-
Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys-
Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin-
West Elk and Sawatch Mountains-Flat Tops-
Upper Gunnison River Valley-Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide-
Northwest San Juan Mountains-Southwest San Juan Mountains-
Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River-
Four Corners/Upper Dolores River-Animas River Basin-
San Juan River Basin-Southeast Utah-Eastern Uinta Mountains-
Eastern Uinta Basin-Tavaputs Plateau-Arches/Grand Flat-
La Sal and Abajo Mountains-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges-
229 AM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for eastern Utah and western
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Monsoonal moisture will fuel scattered to numerous showers and
thunderstorms across the region today. Storms will be efficient
rain producers with heavy rain possible in addition to gusty
outflow winds. Isolated showers may linger overnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Daily scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms can be
expected through the weekend. Moderate to heavy rain and gusty
winds will be the primary threats with storms. Temperatures will
trend cooler than normal in response to increased clouds and
showers.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight, however
spotters are encouraged to relay rainfall amounts or any observed
flooding to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTOuray39 min
Jul 20, 2:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTOuray, San Juan, San Miguel5 hr
Jul 20, 3:19 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGJTDolores, San Juan, San Miguel2 min
Jul 20, 3:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTDolores, San Juan, San Miguel3 hr
Jul 20, 3:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTSan Miguel76 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.