Heavy rainfall resulted in minor flooding along a popular trail.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall resulted in minor flooding along a popular trail.
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 Jul 26, 2:09 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 309 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... AFTERNOON CONVECTION QUITE SUBSTANTIAL ACROSS CWA AS NUMEROUS SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES AND SPECIAL WX STATEMENTS ISSUED DUE TO STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING OVER AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN CONCERN WITH STORMS IS RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...NOT A SURPRISE WITH PW VALUES BEING OVER AN INCH TODAY. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THRU THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE FINALLY SUBSIDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEXT SYSTEM TO INFLUENCE WX WILL DROP DOWN FROM WY MON AFTN. AS IT MOVES SWRD...MINIMAL CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE ALONG ERN REGION OF CWA MONDAY AFTN...MOSTLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. WAVE COMPLETELY OPENS UP BY MONDAY NIGHT...WITH BULK OF PRECIP STAYING TO OUR N AND E THOUGH CONVECTION OVER NRN AND ERN AREAS. NORTHWEST FLOW SETS UP TUESDAY AND WILL USHER IN SOME COOLER AIR OVER MUCH OF FORECAST AREA. DROP IN TEMPS EXPECTED SHOULD BE 5 TO 8 DEGREES BRINGING MUCH NEEDED COOLING TO ERN CO. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES WILL WILL KEEP WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW. A FEW DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK THROUGH THE FLOW AND BRING ONLY SLIGHT ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AND THIS SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KICK THE NORTHERN PLAINS UPPER LOW TO THE EAST PRODUCING HEIGHT RISES AND RIDGING OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... STRONG CELLS FIRED UP OVER CWA AS S/W MOVES OVER REGION THIS AFTN. UNDER HEAVIER CELLS...MVFR EXPECTED AS VIS AND CIGS DROP. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN QUICKLY HOWEVER AS STORMS/SHOWERS MOVE OFF. BY MIDNIGHT...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE RULE AND CONTINUE THRU TOMORROW AFTN. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. SHORT TERM.....TGR LONG TERM......AS/BAL AVIATION.......TGR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-271200- 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 SUN JUL 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED STORMS REDEVELOP...MAINLY OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED STORMS...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT...THOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING. NL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 131 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 COZ012-014-018-019-021-UTZ022-028-262030- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER CO-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS UT-NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CO-SOUTHEAST UTAH UT-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CO-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY CO-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS CO- 131 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SAN JUAN...NORTHEASTERN LA PLATA...NORTHERN MONTEZUMA...SOUTHERN GUNNISON...SOUTHERN DOLORES...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL...HINSDALE AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT... AT 127 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORD TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CREEDE TO BLANDING MUNI ARPT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES POSSIBLE HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. TGR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 137 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 UTZ022-028-262015- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS UT-SOUTHEAST UTAH UT- 137 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MDT... AT 136 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLANDING...MOVING EAST AT 5-10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLANDING... BLANDING AIRPORT... VERDURE... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. AS
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused two new culverts to fill up with debris under a bridge spanning Pack Creek and caused water to flow over the top of the new US Forest Service bridge. The bridge was damaged and a gorge was formed on the other side of the bridge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 175971.