Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Rio Blanco County Through 615 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 545 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles southeast of Rangely, or 57 miles southeast of Vernal, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Rio Blanco County. This includes the following highways... Colorado 64 between mile markers 36 and 37. Colorado 139 between mile markers 57 and 65.
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
- 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
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y0ZZ0A15BP6SW89GJP52F4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b8f78e8eeec055eb537ac7ffb68549635ffa4a15.001.1
- 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.10331
- 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 192345 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T23:45:00-00:00...storm...231DEG...17KT...39.95,-108.67 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| 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
- 39.82,-108.67 39.97,-108.82 40.2,-108.53 39.98,-108.32 39.82,-108.67