Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Ouray...North Central San Miguel And South Central Montrose Counties Through 130 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1257 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Norwood, or 30 miles southwest of Montrose, moving east at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Norwood and Redvale. This includes Colorado 145 between mile markers 94 and 111.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide
- Northwestern San Juan Mountains
- Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~50s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2K6Z98QK7FW7F3B1SWK164Q
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.507e82e57bae6345c87950fcb082568befd4cd09.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- AWIPS ID
- CAPGJT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1721
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSGJT |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KGJT 151858 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OURAY...NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T18:57:00-00:00...storm...260DEG...42KT...38.22,-108.33 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide
- Northwestern San Juan Mountains
- Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008029 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008085 |
| SAME | 008091 |
| SAME | 008113 |
| SAME | 008051 |
| SAME | 008053 |
| SAME | 008033 |
| UGC | COZ017 |
| UGC | COZ018 |
| UGC | COZ020 |
- Polygons
- 38.08,-108.41 38.32,-108.48 38.42,-108.08 38.11,-108.01 38.08,-108.41