An extended period of bitter cold temperatures caused an ice jam to form on the White River a short distance downstream from Meeker. Frazzle ice caused the jam which resulted in elevated river levels and some minor lowland flooding.
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An extended period of bitter cold temperatures caused an ice jam to form on the White River a short distance downstream from Meeker. Frazzle ice caused the jam which resulted in elevated river levels and some minor lowland flooding.
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 Jan 17, 3:05 AM MST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 305 AM MST WED JAN 17 2007 .SHORT-TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... WEAK UPPER LOW MOVES EWRD OUT OF COLORADO TODAY WITH ALMOST NO SIGNATURE ON WV LOOP. EXPECT NO PCPN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE. MEANWHILE TO OUR WEST UPPER CLOSED LOW MOVES DOWN THE CA COAST WHILE TO THE NORTH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO MT. NEITHER WILL AFFECT OUR CWA OTHER THAN TO PRODUCE A NW FLOW ALOFT WITH LIMITED MSTR AND WEAK COLD ADVECTION ALOFT OVER THE N IN WAKE OF SYSTEM MOVING INTO PLAINS. TONIGHT THE NRN ROCKIES SHORT WV DROPS INTO ERN WY BRUSHING THE NRN PART OF OUR CWA WITH ENOUGH MSTR AND ASCENT TO WARRANT ISOLD POPS MTNS OF THAT REGION. GFS SLIGHTLY MORE GENEROUS WITH QPF THAN NAM WHICH SHOWS VERY LITTLE...THUS REASONING FOR LOW POPS. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT WX EXPECTED THURSDAY AS LOW OFF CA SINKS SWRD INTO NRN BAJA AND WEAK SHRT WV IN NRN BRANCH MOVES INTO THE NRN PART OF OUR CWA. WILL LEAVE ISOLD POPS IN TO COVER MTNS NORTH OF I-70. WEAK DEFORMATION ZONE SETS UP NEAR THE 4 CORNERS THURSDAY NIGHT...OTHERWISE WEAK RIDGING AS UPPER LOW MOVES INTO CNTRL AZ. MSTR PROGGED TO REMAIN TO SOUTH AND WITH LITTLE FORCING EXPECT NO PCPN. SOME MODERATION IN MIN TEMPS DUE TO CLOUD COVER OVER THE NORTH TONIGHT OTHERWISE NO BIG CHANGES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY VALLEYS...EXCEPTION IS EXTREME SOUTH WHERE SLOW MODERATION TO TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO KEEP MAX TEMPS WELL BELOW GUIDANCE VALUES. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MODELS APPEAR IN BETTER AGREEMENT FOR FRI THROUGH SUN TIME FRAME WITH MORE CONSISTENCY THE LAST FEW RUNS. CLOSE LOW OVER AZ IS PROJECTED TO SLOWLY FILL AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH NM. 500 MB LOW PROJECTED TO REMAIN CLOSED WHEN IT REACHES THE PANHANDLE SUN MORNING. THE COL OF INDETERMINENT WINDS OVER THE AREA FRI AND SAT IS REPLACES BY STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON SUNDAY. A SERIES OF SMALLISH SHORTWAVE TROUGHS DIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE NORTHWESTERLIES...DEEPENING THE TROUGH IN THE MIDWEST AND REENFORCING THE COLD AIR IN EASTERN UT AND WESTERN CO MONDAY THROUGH WED. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY APPEAR TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CWA...THEN MOISTURE AND ENERGY SLIDE EAST TUE AND WED. HAVE KEPT TEMPS BELOW GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY...UNTIL THE INCREASING CLOUDS OVER THE WEEKEND PREVENT OVERNIGHT TEMPS FROM DROPPING SO LOW. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. MC/CC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 306 AM MST WED JAN 17 2007 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-181100- 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- 306 AM MST WED JAN 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG WILL BE PRESENT THIS MORNING IN SOME OF THE VALLEYS CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL MODERATE A LITTLE AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES OVER THE NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY...AND AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MC/CJC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lowland flooding occurred in the Meeker area along the White River. Minor flooding was reported in the Stagecoach Trailer Park near the intersection of Highways 13 and 64. Residents from 18 of the 20 trailer homes had to be evacuated. Some agricultural land, including a corral, were also flooded.
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