Thunderstorms produced lightning strikes and power outages in La Plata and Archuleta counties.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced lightning strikes and power outages in La Plata and Archuleta counties.
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 Jun 29, 2:00 PM MST, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 300 PM MDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... PRECIPITABLE WATER ON THE 12Z GJT SOUNDING WAS JUST ABOVE .50 INCH AND DEW POINTS INCREASED TODAY AS WELL. OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THE DEW POINTS ROSE INTO THE LOWER 40S BEHIND AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT MOVED IN FROM THE SE. CONVECTION ON SATELLITE THIS AFTERNOON IS UP A NOTCH FROM YESTERDAY...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. BELIEVE THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL. THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL DEPEND IN A LARGE PART ON SURFACE HEATING...AS THERE WILL BE LITTLE SHEAR ALOFT AND A LESS THAN IDEAL STABILITY PROFILE. HAVE KEPT POP RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. HIGHEST POPS BARELY REACH SCATTERED IN AREAL COVERAGE...AND ONLY OVER THE SAN JUAN MTS. ON TEMPS MAX AND MINS HAVE STAYED WITH PERSISTENCE. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... SUMMER IS HERE AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MEANDERS AROUND OVER THE CENTRAL. A FEW WEAK IMPULSES WILL ADD PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TIMING OF THESE REMAIN SUSPECT IN THE OUTER TIME PERIODS. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE ABOUT 3 TO 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WITH SHORT-LIVED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FROM VAIL PASS SOUTH. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH ANY STORMS BUT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. && .HYDROLOGY... THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO EAT AWAY AT THE HIGH MOUNTAINS SNOWPACK WITH RUNOFF AND RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON A GRADUAL DOWNWARD TREND. ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS ARE DECREASING FLOWS REMAIN COLD... SWIFT...AND TURBULENT AND CAUTION IS URGED WHEN AROUND RIVERS AND STREAMS. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. SHORT TERM.....CJC LONG TERM......DJC AVIATION.......CJC HYDROLOGY......TAL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT SUN JUN 29 2008 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 SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF THE WEST SLOPE...FROM VAIL PASS ON INTERSTATE 70 TO THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO. A FEW MORE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS BUT LITTLE RAINFALL. MOST STORMS WILL END BY SUNSET. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH RESULTING IN SWIFT AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON RIVER LEVELS IN THE REGION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/GJT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE RUN HIGH AND FAST RESULTING IN SWIFT AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN COLORADO... WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. TGJT
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 224 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:39 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a power supply and left about 550 customers without power for several hours. Electrical crews had to use a backhoe to get at equipment damaged by the strike.
Lightning strikes caused several power outages, including one that affected 3,650 customers in the Durango Mountain Resort area. The outages occurred when lightning struck a power line. The outages lasted from 10 minutes to about 2 hours.
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