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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 7, 2024Eagle County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2024, 1:25 PM MDT for Eagle County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 7, 2024, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2024, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Eagle County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2024-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 2024-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTEagle70 min
Aug 7, 2:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTMoffat88 min
Aug 7, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMoffat32 min
Aug 7, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTLa Plata35 min
Aug 7, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT32 min
Aug 7, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT26 min
Aug 7, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTRio Blanco29 min
Aug 7, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTDolores30 min
Aug 7, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTRio Blanco2 hr
Aug 7, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGarfield36 min
Aug 7, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMesa36 min
Aug 7, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTUintah37 min
Aug 7, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTUintah34 min
Aug 7, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTUintah28 min
Aug 7, 3:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTUintah3 hr
Aug 7, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTUintah33 min
Aug 7, 4:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Juan3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.