Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South Central Grand County Through 300 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 236 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles west of Moab, moving north at 20 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 Grand County. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 191 in Utah between mile markers 136 and 145. Utah 313 between mile markers 15 and 22.
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. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction.
Affected areas
- Arches/Grand Flat
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NZ04AXM0DT884AK6B5KRN5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6791d5b54018d7aaf8b668bd3e2e939596dbf88.001.1
- 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.4119
- 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 162037 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T20:36:00-00:00...storm...187DEG...19KT...38.63,-109.74 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Arches/Grand Flat
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049019 |
| UGC | UTZ027 |
- Polygons
- 38.59,-109.72 38.6,-109.8 38.8,-109.81 38.77,-109.62 38.59,-109.72