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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 3, 2023Rio Blanco County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2023, 2:12 PM MDT for Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2023, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2023, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Rio Blanco County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 5:37 PM MDT, 20 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:37 PM MDT, 20 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 6:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Montezuma	24 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Mesa	52 min
Aug 2, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Rio Blanco	41 min
Aug 2, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Dolores, Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel	36 min
Aug 2, 7:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Delta, Garfield	42 min
Aug 2, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Moffat	29 min
Aug 2, 8:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Garfield	35 min
Aug 2, 8:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Moffat	31 min
Aug 2, 9:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	Moffat, Routt	52 min
Aug 2, 9:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	GJT	Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin	2 hr
Aug 2, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Eagle	25 min
Aug 3, 1:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Rio Blanco	25 min
Aug 3, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Routt	28 min
Aug 3, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT		29 min
Aug 3, 5:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Mesa	36 min
Aug 2, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Uintah	29 min
Aug 2, 6:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GJT	Grand, San Juan	118 min
Aug 3, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Grand	40 min
Aug 3, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GJT	Grand	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.