Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Uintah County Through 530 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 438 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles south of Vernal, moving northeast at 45 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 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. Locations impacted include... Naples and Randlett. This includes U.S. Highway 40 in Utah between mile markers 133 and 134, and between mile markers 149 and 169.
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
- Eastern Uinta Basin
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2MWRKXVBMVJ604QJ72GRHZ3
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.268f84b338f58deb6e01b28728dafe91e11391d1.001.1
- 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.7842
- 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 161038 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL UINTAH COUNTY THROUGH 530 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T10:38:00-00:00...storm...236DEG...38KT...40.26,-109.57 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Uinta Basin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049047 |
| UGC | UTZ024 |
- Polygons
- 40.08,-109.72 40.24,-109.83 40.52,-109.3 40.29,-109.13 40.08,-109.72