June 2014 lived up to its reputation as being one of the driest months of the year in western Colorado. Precipitation amounts at climate stations in southwest Colorado were a third to three quarters of an inch deficit for the month, allowing severe drought conditions to persist in the Four Corners region.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
June 2014 lived up to its reputation as being one of the driest months of the year in western Colorado. Precipitation amounts at climate stations in southwest Colorado were a third to three quarters of an inch deficit for the month, allowing severe drought conditions to persist in the Four Corners region.
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 May 31, 9:32 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1032 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 301 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 MORE CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTH THAN WHAT THE RAP AND WRF MODELS HAVE INDICATED QPF WISE. CONVECTION AND QPF IN THE NAM MODEL MAY BE A LITTLE OVERDONE BUT IS DEFINITELY MORE REPRESENTATIVE THAN THE DRIER HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS. AIR MASS TRENDING TO A DRIER REGIME TODAY...BUT STILL SUFFICIENT MID LEVEL MOISTURE...GRADIENT FLOW...AND CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR FOR SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS THE NRN HALF. A COUPLE OF STRONG CELLS HAVE FORMED IN MOFFAT COUNTY NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER. UPSTREAM TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TAKES A NEGATIVE TILT ORIENTATION THIS EVENING AS IT SWINGS ACROSS WRN COLORADO. THE NAM SHOWS EXPANDING AREAS OF QPF TONIGHT AS THIS WAVE MOVES ACROSS NE UTAH AND NW COLORADO. QG DIAGNOSTICS SHOW SOME DYNAMICAL FORCING FOR NW COLORADO THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THIS FORCING IS FRACTURED. SCATTERED NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED...BUT THEY SHOULD BE MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY AT AROUND 25-35 MPH FROM THE SW TO NE. ONCE THE WAVE MOVES DOWNSTREAM...WSW ADVECTS DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS INTO UTAH AND WRN COLORADO. CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WILL BE NEARLY NON EXISTENT...MEANING DRY WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON BREEZES. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 MODELS ARE CURRENTLY POINTING TOWARD A MOSTLY DRY WEEK WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES...THOUGH CONFIDENCE LOWERS AFTER WEDNESDAY AS MODEL AGREEMENT LESSENS. AN UPPER HIGH OVER NORTHWEST OLD MEXICO SHOULD EFFECTIVELY BLOCK ANY NORTHWARD TRANSPORT OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE... LEAVING MOISTURE TRANSPORT TO A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING INLAND ACROSS WEST. A PACIFIC UPPER LOW LOCATED NEAR 130W/30N THIS AFTERNOON GETS PULLED INLAND ACROSS CA ON MONDAY...THEN TRACKS ACROSS NRN UT NWRN CO ON TUE. TIME-HEIGHT SECTIONS SHOW LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DEEP MOISTURE... SO WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY. BUT...ITS PASSAGE WILL LIKELY BRING SOME WINDIER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY POSE SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. GFS AND ECMWF SHOW ANOTHER WAVE COMING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN LATE IN THE WEEK BUT DIFFER ON SPEED AND ORGANIZATION. WILL KEEP JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MTNS SHOWERS THU-SAT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1030 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS OF 30-35 KTS AND LOCALIZED SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY AVIATION HAZARD. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE DIMINISHING AFTER 10Z AND FINISHED BY 14Z. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER 14Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL SITES. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 301 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT THE SNOWPACK ACROSS THE REGION WITH RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS FORECAST TO REMAIN HIGH. THE HIGHEST FLOWS WERE OCCURRING IN RIVERS AND STREAMS FROM THE GUNNISON BASIN IN WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO NORTHWARD TO THE WYOMING BORDER AND ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH. VARIOUS FLOOD PRODUCTS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THESE CONDITIONS. PAY ATTENTION TO RIVER...CREEK AND STREAM LEVELS AND WATCH FOR DEBRIS BUILDUP. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU PLAN ON BOATING DOWN OR RECREATING NEAR ANY RIVERS OR STREAMS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...NONE. UT...NONE. && SHORT TERM...PF LONG TERM...JAD AVIATION...JDC HYDROLOGY...TGJT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 553 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011200- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- 553 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE RUNNING FAST AND HIGH WITH SEVERAL REACHING OR EXCEEDING BANKFULL MAINLY OVER NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO. MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROCK OR MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN ROUTT...EAGLE...GUNNISON... GARFIELD...RIO BLANCO...AND MESA COUNTIES IN COLORADO AND GRAND COUNTY IN EASTERN UTAH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE RUNNING HIGH WITH SEVERAL REACHING OR EXCEEDING BANKFULL OVER NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN WILL BRING A RETURN TO DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL PICK UP SOME ON TUESDAY AS A WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS...ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES...WILL INCREASE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions remained in place across the area.
Below normal precipitation kept severe drought conditions in place across the lower elevations of La Plata County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 2014
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: 529118, 529122.