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WWUS85 KGJT 190838
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
238 AM MDT SAT SEP 19 2026
COZ003-006-007-190915-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS CO-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR CO-
GRAND VALLEY CO-
238 AM MDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY THROUGH
315 AM MDT...
AT 238 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FRUITA, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND JUNCTION, MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND JUNCTION, FRUITA, AND REDLANDS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND
24, AND MILE MARKER 26 AND NEAR MILE MARKER 48.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 3910 10872 3924 10878 3936 10839 3917 10828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 253DEG 32KT 3920 10867
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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