Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact South Central Garfield 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 721 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 22 miles west of Rifle to 10 miles northwest of Parachute to 23 miles northwest of Collbran to 10 miles northwest of De Beque. Movement was east at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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. Locations impacted include... Parachute and Battlement Mesa. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 67 and 82. Colorado 13 between mile markers 11 and 13.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Debeque to Silt Corridor
- Grand and Battlement Mesas
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
- 01M2Y6GJY9CVQRTQ3XAGX3W5NQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d1f9cb2377ccc50144b85951c75741fde5590488.001.1
- 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.2261
- 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 200122 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T01:21:00-00:00...storm...270DEG...23KT...39.62,-108.18 39.55,-108.2 39.5,-108.24 39.43,-108.38 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Debeque to Silt Corridor
- Grand and Battlement Mesas
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 008029 |
| UGC | COZ003 |
| UGC | COZ007 |
| UGC | COZ009 |
- Polygons
- 39.67,-107.85 39.53,-107.88 39.46,-107.96 39.37,-108.12 39.41,-108.45 39.49,-108.32 39.54,-108.28 39.66,-108.25 39.67,-107.85