Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern Moffat County Through 730 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 643 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 22 miles northwest of Craig, moving northeast around 40 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... Great Divide, Fortification, and Sunbeam. This includes the following highways... Colorado 13 between mile markers 109 and 127. Colorado 318 between mile markers 45 and 58.
Instructions
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
- Lower Yampa River Basin
- Central Yampa River Basin
- Elkhead and Park Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2N3YE2VVT4VJB3VQK5NJSMR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0fa3b87c58ce92e87b045f9bcca8cad20186aaa4.001.1
- 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.1031
- 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 161244 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MOFFAT COUNTY THROUGH 730 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T12:43:00-00:00...storm...238DEG...82KT...40.74,-107.85 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lower Yampa River Basin
- Central Yampa River Basin
- Elkhead and Park Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008081 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 008107 |
| UGC | COZ001 |
| UGC | COZ002 |
| UGC | COZ004 |
- Polygons
- 40.8,-107.33 40.51,-108.22 40.63,-108.37 41.0,-107.81 41.0,-107.63 40.8,-107.33