Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Rio Blanco County Through 600 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 529 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23 miles south of Rangely, or 46 miles north of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 30 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 southwestern Rio Blanco County. This includes Colorado 139 between mile markers 54 and 55.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Lower Yampa River Basin
- Central Yampa River Basin
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~50s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VDNND1TD07FJZEYXP2GRBC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.69fdb8603ca860b8db30af4e53139d764dfdb199.001.1
- 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.9296
- 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 182329 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T23:29:00-00:00...storm...204DEG...25KT...39.75,-108.71 |
| 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
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008081 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 008107 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| UGC | COZ001 |
| UGC | COZ002 |
| UGC | COZ003 |
- Polygons
- 39.7,-108.69 39.73,-108.77 39.95,-108.71 39.88,-108.47 39.7,-108.69