Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Mesa County Through 615 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 549 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18 miles west of Fruita, or 27 miles northwest of Grand Junction, moving east at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Mesa County. This includes Colorado 139 between mile markers 5 and 8.
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
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Grand Valley
- Arches/Grand Flat
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KQN7VB12VTF4YBYF0W3MK4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.21120a386064e748e31d061a4bd1de7a317fc62f.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.9545
- 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 152350 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T23:49:00-00:00...storm...250DEG...19KT...39.25,-109.05 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Grand Valley
- Arches/Grand Flat
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 049019 |
| UGC | COZ003 |
| UGC | COZ006 |
| UGC | UTZ027 |
- Polygons
- 39.22,-109.07 39.28,-109.1 39.42,-108.9 39.25,-108.79 39.22,-109.07