Heavy rain caused minor flooding in Durango.
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Heavy rain caused minor flooding in Durango.
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 Aug 29, 1:22 PM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 222 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... TERRAIN DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. A SMALL VORT MAX KICKED OFF A FEW TSTMS OVER SOUTHERN GUNNISON COUNTY ABOUT MIDMORNING BUT THOSE HAVE SINCE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE RIDGE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS STATES IS BUILDING NORTH AND WEST OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL TURN THE FLOW ALOFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRING IN GRADUALLY DRIER AIR THROUGH FRIDAY. MOISTURE AND ANY WAVES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE SHUNTED TO THE WEST AND INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC...THUS CUTTING OFF THE MOISTURE FLOW INTO THE AREA. HAVE STAYED WITH THE SLOW DRYING TREND WITH MAX TEMPS CLOSER TO THE GENERALLY WARMER GFS WITH COOL NIGHT. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... GOOD MODEL CONTINUITY THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. NO INDICATIONS OF A DEEP AND MOIST FLOW OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE TO ADVECT OVER THE AREA SO MAINLY DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN EACH DAY. MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE ON THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH INDICATIONS THAT A TROUGH MAY FORM OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS IDEA RIGHT NOW SO THE FORECAST IS MAINLY ONE OF PERSISTENCE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY FORECAST TO BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL WITH WIDELY SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND ONLY A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT OVER THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE SOON AFTER SUNSET...THEN REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. SHORT TERM...CJC LONG TERM...TAL AVIATION...CJC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-301200- 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- 600 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL DEVELOP IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. BUT SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY LASTING THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND...BUT ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced heavy rain and pea size hail in Durango. Minor flooding occurred across Highway 160 and 550 near the Home Depot.
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