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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO

June 15, 202411 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 15, 2024, 2:33 AM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Utah. It took effect at Jun 17, 2024, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
Jun 15, 2024, 2:33 AM MDT (08:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 17, 2024, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 17, 2024, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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.

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 Jun 14, 5:12 PM MDT, 9 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:12 PM MDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:31 AM MDT, 22 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
431 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-151045-
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-
431 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Cooler temperatures and scattered showers today and into this
evening. Shower coverage will favor the San Juans and Central
Mountains and then become more isolated northward.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Hot, dry, windy conditions return Saturday ahead of another storm
dropping into the PACNW. The potential for significant critical
fire weather conditions continues from Sunday into Monday and
possibly beyond. Another brief cooldown is expected Tuesday and
Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 2:33 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJTDelta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 5 more43 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2024Red Flag Warnings in Utah, 2024Every red flag warning in 2024

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.