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WWUS85 KGJT 210127
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
727 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2026
COZ006-009-011-017-210200-
GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS CO-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-
GRAND VALLEY CO-CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN CO-
727 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DELTA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MESA COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM MDT...
AT 726 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 24
MILES SOUTH OF GRAND JUNCTION, MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN DELTA
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MESA COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 66.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 144.
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 3896 10820 3881 10802 3859 10853 3884 10863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 070DEG 63KT 3874 10858
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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