9 miles southwest of Chimney Rock.
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A lightning strike ignited a wildfire 8.9 miles southwest of Chimney Rock.
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 25, 5:15 AM MST, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 615 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2019 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Friday) Issued at 342 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2019 Morning convection aided by a weak wiggle aloft will be crossing eastern Utah and western Colorado through 9 am. A few pockets of heavier rainfall expected near stronger cells, but overall trend will be headed downward shortly after sunrise as we see a little more stability enter the picture. Once surface heating resumes, will see another round of convection fire by midday with our mountain locations favored through early afternoon, although several storms will drift into the valleys. Will maintain scattered to numerous coverage of convection Friday. Models support slow eastward drift on convection today. Due to the slow motion of the storms, locally heavy rainfall will be possible with pockets of 1" plus rainfall certainly possible. Any storms that train over locales or become anchored near higher terrain may pose a threat for flash flooding. Recent burn scars and last years big fires such as the Lake Christine, Bull Draw and the 416 will need to be watched closely if storms approach. Precipitable water values are expected to climb over an inch. Due to the isolated nature of potential heavy rainfall, held off on any Flash Flood Watches for now. Temperatures will be running about 3 to 6 degrees cooler today and Friday with deeper moisture in place along with increased cloud cover. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Wednesday) Issued at 342 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2019 The center of the high pressure system spinning to our south will retrograde southwest Friday night and through the weekend as embedded shortwaves eject out of the clockwise circulation. An approaching shortwave on Saturday will provide enough forcing for thunderstorms to develop by early afternoon. Steepening mid-level lapse rates and residual moisture will retain the threats for isolated to scattered storms hugging higher terrain in eastern Utah and western Colorado. The primary concerns continue to be brief heavy rainfall, gusty outflow winds, and lightning near the vicinity of storms. Storms should subside shortly after sunset Saturday night and dry air will quickly filter in from the west. PWAT values take a nose dive on Sunday, with very little precipitation expect. With recent moisture, I would not rule out terrain driven convection during afternoon hours but forcing will be minimal and storms won't have enough juice to move off higher terrain. The high pressure system appears to regenerate and track across the forecast area by midweek. Dry conditions are likely Sunday - Tuesday as the system stays to our west, and will bring an increasing chance for mositure as it moves overhead by Wednesday. The monsoonal moisture will return on the west/northwest periphery of the high by Wednesday night and continue to produce showers through next weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Friday morning) Issued at 610 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2019 Showers and thunderstorms will diminish this morning before picking back up this afternoon, favoring higher terrain first. Brief thunderstorms are possible at all terminals this afternoon and into evening with occasional VIS and CIG dropping to MVFR. Can expect gusty winds and frequent lightning near the vicinity of storms. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...None. UT...None. && SHORT TERM...JDC LONG TERM...ERW AVIATION...TGJT
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 450 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2019 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-261200- 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-Flat Tops- 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- 450 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for eastern Utah and western Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop over much of the Colorado high country and the Uinta Mountains with the southern ranges favored. Lightning, heavy rain and gusty outflow winds up to 40 MPH are the main threats through late this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Thunderstorm coverage will increase through the end of this week as additional moisture becomes available. Heavy rainfall rates will remain a significant threat through Saturday. Thereafter, there will be a decreasing trend in thunderstorm activity from Sunday into early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight, however spotters are encouraged to relay rainfall amounts or any observed flooding to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pine Tree Fire began at the end of July due to lightning about 9 miles southwest of Chimney Rock and grew to 742 acres before it was contained in early August.
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