Special Weather Statement
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Special Weather Statement issued September 15 at 2:53PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 252 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles west of Fruita, or 26 miles west of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 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. Locations impacted include... Mack. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 1 and 10. Colorado 139 between mile markers 4 and 16.
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
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Grand Valley
- Arches/Grand Flat
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KDGQ205JP1RBG6MDS8QDZ8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6f4075a5188d2271f8db0f0fd8545318c27681d8.001.1
- 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.4527
- 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 152053 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T20:52:00-00:00...storm...242DEG...19KT...39.23,-109.03 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus
- Grand Valley
- Arches/Grand Flat
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008045 |
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 008103 |
| SAME | 049019 |
| UGC | COZ003 |
| UGC | COZ006 |
| UGC | UTZ027 |
- Polygons
- 39.18,-109.05 39.26,-109.1 39.45,-108.85 39.25,-108.69 39.18,-109.05