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WWUS85 KGJT 181933
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
133 PM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026
COZ001-182000-
LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN CO-
133 PM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MOFFAT COUNTY
THROUGH 200 PM MDT...
AT 133 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DINOSAUR, OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERNAL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DINOSAUR AND BLUE MOUNTAIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 40 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 21.
COLORADO 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3, AND NEAR MILE MARKER 9.
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 4014 10896 4023 10902 4044 10881 4028 10861
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 227DEG 23KT 4019 10895
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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