Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South Central San Juan County Through 345 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 309 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles south of Fry Canyon, or 20 miles northwest of Mexican Hat, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central San Juan County. This includes the following highways... Utah 95 between mile markers 78 and 104. Utah 275 between mile markers 0 and 3.
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. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Southeast Utah
- La Sal and Abajo Mountains
- Canyonlands/Natural Bridges
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KEF7NKQJDXV238XQ4WDJGH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6f8f0c999892a92bc9d8b3fb4a9935dc165b89cf.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.4924
- 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 152109 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T21:09:00-00:00...storm...210DEG...21KT...37.43,-110.07 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southeast Utah
- La Sal and Abajo Mountains
- Canyonlands/Natural Bridges
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049037 |
| SAME | 049019 |
| UGC | UTZ022 |
| UGC | UTZ028 |
| UGC | UTZ029 |
- Polygons
- 37.3,-110.03 37.39,-110.19 37.73,-110.03 37.52,-109.68 37.3,-110.03