Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO
888 WWUS85 KGJT 252106 SPSGJT Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 306 PM MDT Sat May 25 2024 UTZ025-027>029-252145- La Sal and Abajo Mountains UT-Arches/Grand Flat UT- Tavaputs Plateau UT-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges UT- 306 PM MDT Sat May 25 2024 ...GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN AND CENTRAL GRAND COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM MDT... At 303 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers with embedded thunderstorms and virga producing very gusty winds along a line extending from 25 miles northeast of Green River to 15 miles northwest of Moab to near Canyonlands National Park. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Moab, Castle Valley, Spanish Valley, Arches National Park, Cisco, and Dead Horse Point State Park. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Utah between mile markers 184 and 223. U.S. Highway 191 in Utah between mile markers 113 and 146. Utah 128 between mile markers 0 and 44. Utah 279 between mile markers 0 and 15. Utah 313 between mile markers 0 and 8, and between mile markers 16 and 22. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3957 10925 3898 10914 3847 10926 3829 10986 3873 10975 3924 10986 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 242DEG 27KT 3921 10978 3877 10969 3840 10977 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH $$ MDA