Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Dolores And West Central San Miguel Counties Through 715 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 649 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dove Creek, or 25 miles east of Monticello, moving north at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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... Dove Creek and Egnar. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 491 in Colorado between mile markers 54 and 67. Colorado 141 between mile markers 1 and 15.
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
- Southwest San Juan Mountains
- Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River
- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PDEYPN1PW1V6NM72HXWTX8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cdce78fb0b604364d23b52107453d2ac88603f0e.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.1252
- 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 170049 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DOLORES AND WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T00:49:00-00:00...storm...183DEG...26KT...37.77,-108.9 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southwest San Juan Mountains
- Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River
- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008007 |
| SAME | 008033 |
| SAME | 008053 |
| SAME | 008067 |
| SAME | 008083 |
| SAME | 008111 |
| SAME | 008113 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008085 |
| UGC | COZ019 |
| UGC | COZ020 |
| UGC | COZ021 |
- Polygons
- 37.68,-108.78 37.68,-109.0 37.99,-109.01 37.98,-108.73 37.68,-108.78