Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South Central Moffat County Through 745 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 712 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 24 miles northwest of Meeker, or 38 miles southwest of Craig, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 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 south central Moffat County. This includes U.S. Highway 40 in Colorado between mile markers 53 and 56.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Central Yampa River Basin
- Flat Tops
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y603JD7GQA33DSE3JAQ1XX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a3f8f1c2f6dc13da3285d3f6a118ffd6d25d0d79.001.1
- 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.2171
- 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 200113 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MOFFAT COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T01:12:00-00:00...storm...215DEG...22KT...40.29,-108.23 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Central Yampa River Basin
- Flat Tops
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008081 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 008107 |
| SAME | 008037 |
| SAME | 008045 |
| UGC | COZ002 |
| UGC | COZ013 |
- Polygons
- 40.23,-108.22 40.28,-108.32 40.52,-108.2 40.4,-107.94 40.23,-108.22