Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Mesa County Through 315 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 238 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fruita, or 9 miles northwest of Grand Junction, moving east at 35 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... Grand Junction, Fruita, and Redlands. This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 20 and 24, and mile marker 26 and near mile marker 48.
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
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Grand Valley
- Debeque to Silt Corridor
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WD3FBMQT4E7XC73TWM3GKY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.de214bd09f5c97125e43dd6254be17727885ae84.001.1
- 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.4656
- 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 190838 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH 315 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T08:38:00-00:00...storm...253DEG...32KT...39.2,-108.67 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Grand Valley
- Debeque to Silt Corridor
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| UGC | COZ003 |
| UGC | COZ006 |
| UGC | COZ007 |
- Polygons
- 39.1,-108.72 39.24,-108.78 39.36,-108.39 39.17,-108.28 39.1,-108.72