An apparent microburst struck a campground in Moab. Shingles and other roofing material were ripped from the roof of the campground manager's house.
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An apparent microburst struck a campground in Moab. Shingles and other roofing material were ripped from the roof of the campground manager's house. Other objects were picked up by the winds and thrown. Tents were torn and several vehicles were damaged by the flying debris.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 14, 1:51 PM MST, 11 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
251 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2006
CORRECTED FOR LONG TERM DISCUSSION THROUGH FRIDAY
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS HAVE BEEN BUILDING STEADILY ACROSS THE AREA FROM
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AHEAD AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM CENTERED
JUST NORTHWEST OF LAX. TEMPERATURES WERE RUNNING NEAR THOSE RECORDED
YESTERDAY...THOUGH CLOUDS WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGHS BELOW YESTERDAYS
RECORD AND NEAR RECORD LEVELS. WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP UNDER
INCREASING CLOUDS.
TONIGHT-SATURDAY: GFS AND NAM CONSISTENT IN BRINGING PACIFIC LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN DURING THE
EVENING THEN OVER WESTERN COLORADO BY 12Z SATURDAY. STRONG DIFFLUENCE
AND JET LEVEL DIVERGENCE COMBINED WITH INFLUX OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE
WILL GET RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS STARTED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE CWFA. CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY YIELD ISOLATED TSTMS.
7H TEMPS WILL BE RATHER WARM INITIALLY SO EXPECT SNOW LEVELS TO BE
ABOVE 9000 FEET INITIALLY DROPPING TO NEAR MOUNTAIN BASES BY SUNRISE
SATURDAY. DYNAMICS...MOISTURE AND OROGRAPHIC FLOW FAVORS SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS INITIALLY AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE AREA.
THEREFORE WILL BEGIN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY AT 00Z THIS
EVENING TO CAPTURE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT.
AS TROF SWEEPS INTO THE AREA LATER IN THE NIGHT SNOWS WILL INCREASE
IN BOTH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
FLOW WILL GRADUALLY VEER FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST ON FRIDAY WITH -18
DEG C COLD POOL MOVING OVERHEAD. EXPECT OROGRAPHICS AND INSTABILITY
TO DRIVE MOUNTAIN SNOWS THROUGH THE DAY ADDING TO OVERNIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS. THEREFORE...WILL GO AHEAD WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS AS WELL FOR
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
SATURDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY: RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING IMMEDIATELY SATURDAY
EVENING WHICH WILL BRING AND END TO SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. FLOW
BACKS AGAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM BRINGING
REBOUNDING TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS.
.LONG-TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY):
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MTNS MONDAY-
TUESDAY...
...POSSIBLE FREEZE WARNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
MODEL CONTINUE TO SHOW A SEASONABLY VERY COLD SYSTEM WORKING ACROSS
THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECT MODEL TREND TO BE FURTHER
NORTH OR AT LEAST NOT BE QUITE AS COLD...SO HAVE NOT HIT THIS AS
HARD AS THE CURRENT MODELS WOULD INDICATE. STILL FOR THIS FORECAST
RAISED POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTNS MONDAY AFTN-NIGHT.
PIECE-MEAL COLD FRONT WORKS THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON-EARLY
EVENING WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED. POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOONS...FAVORING EASTERN UTAH MONDAY AND
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON TUESDAY. WITH A -30/-12C COLD CORE PUSHING
ACROSS THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE MORNING...SNOW POSSIBLE FOR
THE NORTHERN AND POSSIBLY INTO THE CENTRAL MTNS. SNOW LEVELS LOWERING
TO 4-5KFT MONDAY NIGHT AND REMAINING NEAR 5KFT THROUGH TUESDAY IN
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS. STILL EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATION LEVEL TO BE MORE
LIKE 6-7KFT WITH FIRST CRUDE ESTIMATE OF 4-10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE PARK/GORE/ELK/FLATTOPS BY TUESDAY EVENING.
CLEARING SKIES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE STRONG SFC INVERSIONS
WITH FREEZING TEMPS POSSIBLE FOR ALL VALLEYS EXCEPT PERHAPS SE UTAH
AND THE PALISADE AREA.
TEMPS QUICKLY RECOVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK IN SW FLOW UNDER
BROAD RIDGING. WEAK DISTURBANCE STILL PROGGED TO PASS FRIDAY AFTN...
WITH THE GFS PRODUCING SOME MOUNTAIN LIGHT INSTABILITY SHOWERS. WILL
STILL HOLD OFF OF THIS AND CALL FRIDAY DRY FOR NOW. RAMEY
&&
.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.CO...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT ABOVE 8500 FEET FOR
THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...ZONES 19 AND 20...TONIGHT
THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT ABOVE 8500 FOR THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...ZONES 4/9/10/12/13...LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
.UT...NONE.
&&
NL/JOEHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 448 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2006 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-151200- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 448 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES BEGIN TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET ELEVATION...WITH RAIN LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE TONIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG. HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SEE DENWSWGJT FOR ALL THE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS INTO SATURDAY...DIMINISHING OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BY THE EVENING. BY SATURDAY EVENING EXPECT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ALSO A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT SOUTHEAST UTAH AND PALISADE. WATER LEVELS ALONG SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS IN NORTHWEST COLORADO WILL NEED CONTINUED MONITORING FOR HIGH WATER DUE TO SPRING SNOWMELT... ESPECIALLY THE YAMPA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO PHONE IN SNOW AND WIND REPORTS...AND REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING TO THE GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST OFFICE...OR EMAIL US AT WXGJT@NOAA.GOV. CJC/TAL/JOE/EH
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