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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this freeze watch at Apr 8, 2021, 3:22 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 10, 2021, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2021, 3:22 PM MDT (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2021, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 1:40 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Delta County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montrose County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 8, 11:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 11:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 2:33 AM MDT, 12 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 233 AM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-090845- 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- 233 AM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for eastern Utah and western Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Gusty winds, along with low humidities and dry fuels, will create critical fire weather conditions this afternoon so a Red Flag Warning remains in effect across eastern Utah and western Colorado until early evening. Snow showers are possible in the northern and central mountains late tonight with little to no accumulation. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Fire weather concerns return in post-frontal conditions across Southwest Colorado on Friday. Otherwise, cool and dry conditions set the stage for another potential freeze for some lower valleys on Saturday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:28 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more | 43 hr |
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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.