Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued June 14 at 8:35PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
June 14, 2026 - 7:35pm
Expires:
June 14, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
At 834 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from De Beque to near Palisade to 10 miles southwest
of Fruita. Movement was east at 45 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...
Grand Junction, Delta, Orchard City, Palisade, Cedaredge, Olathe,
Paonia, Hotchkiss, De Beque, Mesa, Cameo, Molina, Austin, Glade Park,
Grand Mesa, Orchard Mesa, Fruitvale, Clifton, Whitewater, and Skyway.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 37 and 65.
U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado between mile markers 32 and 88.
Colorado 65 between mile markers 1 and 61.
Colorado 92 between mile markers 1 and 22.
Colorado 133 between mile markers 1 and 8.
Colorado 141 between mile markers 131 and 162.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus; Grand Valley; Debeque to Silt Corridor; Grand and Battlement Mesas; Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin; Upper Gunnison River Valley; Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide
Forcast Office:
NWS Grand Junction CO
Sender: