Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact East Central Uintah County Through 615 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 541 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles southeast of Vernal, moving northeast at 45 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. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Uintah County. This includes U.S. Highway 40 in Utah between mile markers 157 and 170.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- Lower Yampa River Basin
- Eastern Uinta Mountains
- Eastern Uinta Basin
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2N0DGJRAS7DZNGH6F7V69CW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e17a83ef1abee9c37b72f6ca2f501127302884c.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.9477
- 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 161141 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL UINTAH COUNTY THROUGH 615 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T11:41:00-00:00...storm...235DEG...40KT...40.27,-109.34 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lower Yampa River Basin
- Eastern Uinta Mountains
- Eastern Uinta Basin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008081 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 049009 |
| SAME | 049047 |
| UGC | COZ001 |
| UGC | UTZ023 |
| UGC | UTZ024 |
- Polygons
- 40.22,-109.35 40.3,-109.45 40.54,-109.11 40.36,-108.89 40.22,-109.35