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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
246 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MOFFAT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO...
  EASTERN DAGGETT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST UTAH...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL UINTAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST UTAH...

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 243 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANILA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN DAGGETT...EXTREME NORTHERN UINTAH AND
  NORTHWESTERN MOFFAT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

IF ON OR NEAR FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER.
MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE
WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4100 10905 4100 10895 4084 10890 4076 10946
      4093 10953 4102 10922 4101 10920 4101 10906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 255DEG 18KT 4087 10938
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JDC





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