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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Junction, CO

April 1, 202613 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2026, 12:20 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; Grand County, San Juan County, Uintah County, Utah. It took effect at Apr 2, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2026, 12:20 PM MDT (18:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction, CO

Counties Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Moffat County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Rio Blanco County, CO, Routt County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Grand County, UT, San Juan County, UT, Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 1, 11:51 AM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 11:51 AM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 2:09 AM MDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 9:20 AM MDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 9:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 10:13 AM MDT, 2 hours 7 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
Mar 31, 10:17 PM MDT	Freeze Watch	GJT	Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel	14 hr
Apr 1, 12:20 PM MDT	Freeze Watch	GJT	Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 8 more	23 hr
Apr 1, 12:20 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	GJT	Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel	20 hr
Apr 1, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	La Plata	25 min
Apr 1, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Mesa	33 min
Apr 1, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Mesa	37 min
Apr 1, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Garfield	24 min
Apr 1, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Grand	29 min
Apr 1, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GJT	Grand	29 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.