Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Mesa County Through 130 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1259 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm capable of producing a landspout 28 miles southwest of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Landspouts, wind gusts up to 40 mph, and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Mesa County. This includes Colorado 141 between mile markers 126 and 136.
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
- Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XGMD9NB2Z3M5K4WV7FHFCP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.183c533197f4708f2895c1330e5ad12cb2bec0bc.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.1782
- 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 191859 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH 130 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T18:59:00-00:00...storm...244DEG...9KT...38.71,-108.8 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008029 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008085 |
| SAME | 008091 |
| SAME | 008113 |
| UGC | COZ017 |
- Polygons
- 38.68,-108.79 38.74,-108.84 38.87,-108.66 38.69,-108.56 38.68,-108.79