Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 18 At 4:55PM MDT Until September 18 At 5:30PM MDT By NWS Grand Junction CO
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
SVRGJT The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Garfield County in west central Colorado... Southwestern Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado... * Until 530 PM MDT. * At 454 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 27 miles north of Fruita, or 34 miles northwest of Grand Junction, moving north at 30 mph.
Hazard
Ping pong ball size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Garfield and southwestern Rio Blanco Counties.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Garfield County, CO
- Rio Blanco County, CO
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VBPNHHV9114WFRS36290YC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.481d28b9593af6b55875707239a7daddd3f51893.001.1
- 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.8206
- 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 | SVR |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVRGJT |
| WMOidentifier | WUUS55 KGJT 182255 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T22:54:00-00:00...storm...178DEG...28KT...39.55,-108.82 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | Up to 50 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | 1.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGJT.SV.W.0037.260918T2255Z-260918T2330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T17:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Garfield County, CO
- Rio Blanco County, CO
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| UGC | COC045 |
| UGC | COC103 |
- Polygons
- 39.48,-108.75 39.48,-108.87 39.84,-109.02 39.85,-108.66 39.48,-108.75