Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Grand County Through 400 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 328 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 20 miles north of Moab, moving north at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 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. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Grand County. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Utah between mile markers 184 and 198. U.S. Highway 191 in Utah near mile marker 149.
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
- Tavaputs Plateau
- Arches/Grand Flat
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35GAKMCDK82V5SA6WSHCBE4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5554680a91693acad8fb8ffa17c067e1709b8900.001.1
- 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.5890
- 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 222128 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T21:28:00-00:00...storm...192DEG...11KT...38.85,-109.69 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tavaputs Plateau
- Arches/Grand Flat
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049019 |
| SAME | 049047 |
| UGC | UTZ025 |
| UGC | UTZ027 |
- Polygons
- 38.79,-109.61 38.82,-109.79 39.02,-109.79 38.98,-109.5 38.79,-109.61