A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds from Grand Junction to Palisade.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds from Grand Junction to Palisade.
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 Oct 4, 2:44 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT THU OCT 4 2007 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-051145- 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- 545 AM MDT THU OCT 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VALLEY RAIN SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. JDC/EH
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 60 mph occurred at Grand Junction Regional Airport(GJT) followed 3 minutes later by a gust of 67 mph at Palisade. Small branches were broken off some trees and power was lost for about 5 minutes in the Palisade and DeBeque areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 62776.