Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

088
WWUS85 KGJT 011952
SPSGJT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
152 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024

COZ004-005-013-012015-
Flat Tops CO-Upper Yampa River Basin CO-
Elkhead and Park Mountains CO-
152 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ROUTT COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM MDT...

At 151 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Oak Creek, or 37 miles southeast of Craig, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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...
Oak Creek, Yampa, and Phippsburg.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 40 in Colorado between mile markers 141 and 151.
 Colorado 131 between mile markers 41 and 57, and mile marker 62 and
near mile marker 64.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4016 10664 4011 10707 4029 10713 4042 10665
      4034 10665 4034 10663 4018 10663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 255DEG 28KT 4022 10696

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

KJS