Issue Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022
\nIssue Time: 9:45 AM MDT<\/p>\n
All good things must come to an end, but we sure had an active day of weather for the last SPM post of the 2022 season. Thanks to a cut-off upper-level low spinning over the northern Great Basin, scattered<\/span> showers and storms overspread much of the northwestern half of the state on Friday. The heaviest rain was observed along and northwest of a line from roughly Durango to Sterling, while the southeastern half of the state remained largely dry.<\/p>\n Amounts of 0.25-0.75” were fairly commonplace where precipitation was observed, with locally higher amounts of 1-2+”. Stronger storms were observed along the western I-70 corridor near Grand Junction, prompting two Severe Thunderstorm<\/span> Warnings and two Flood Advisories. No flooding was reported, but 0.25” hail was reported in Grand Junction. Mammatus clouds were even observed:<\/p>\n Nope, not the Plains. Just outside the Grand Junction NWS<\/span> office a short while ago…#mammatus<\/a> #cowx<\/a> #utwx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kqvKyUmn5b<\/a><\/p>\n — NWS<\/span> Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) October 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n