* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin and Lower Yampa River Basin. * WHEN...From noon to 8 PM MDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
At 402 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles northwest of Fruita, or 22 miles northwest of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch 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... Fruita, Mack, and Loma. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 6 and 20. Colorado 139 between mile markers 1 and 12.