Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact East Central Grand County Through 145 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 116 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 24 miles north of Castle Valley, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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... Cisco. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Utah between mile markers 201 and 222. Utah 128 between mile markers 38 and 44.
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. 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
- Arches/Grand Flat
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2W8CGSJ6G9TZZHT7WD6TV74
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f5ebf2e0a76a39580b485903a16260a487749d38.001.1
- 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.2393
- 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 190716 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY THROUGH 145 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T07:16:00-00:00...storm...237DEG...36KT...38.98,-109.41 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Arches/Grand Flat
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049019 |
| UGC | UTZ027 |
- Polygons
- 38.86,-109.43 39.01,-109.55 39.23,-109.23 38.97,-109.08 38.86,-109.43