Special Weather Statement

Moffat County · Started Jul 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM · Updated 17h ago

Moffat Countyarea

Jul 20, 2026, 6:33 PMeffective

Jul 20, 2026, 7:00 PMexpires

NWS Grand Junctionsource

Warned area as issued by the National Weather Service

Full advisory

At 633 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 18 miles north of New Castle to near Rifle to 13 miles south of Silt. Movement was west at 35 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... Rifle, Silt, Parachute, Rio Blanco, and Battlement Mesa.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 65 and 98. Colorado 13 between mile markers 1 and 29.