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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 16, 2023Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jul 16, 2023, 12:52 AM MDT for Moffat County, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It took effect at Jul 17, 2023, 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: Jul 16, 2023, 12:52 AM MDT (06:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 17, 2023, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Moffat County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Jul 15, 11:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 11:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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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.