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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
600 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
COZ006-017-310030-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-GRAND VALLEY CO-
600 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH
630 PM MDT...
AT 559 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND JUNCTION, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...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...
GRAND JUNCTION, FRUITVALE, ORCHARD MESA, WHITEWATER, GLADE PARK,
REDLANDS, AND CLIFTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 34.
U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 41.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3884 10877 3903 10879 3919 10851 3898 10843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 254DEG 29KT 3894 10874
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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