This is an actual weather report issued by the U.S. National Weather Service late yesterday. You can skip all the preliminaries and just look for the blue underlined part -- the only change I made to this official report.
And don't you just hate the "teletype look" of using ALL CAPS in Courier? C'mon, NWS! This is the twenty-first century!
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
600 AM MDT TUE JUL 13 2004
COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-141200-
ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-
600 AM MDT TUE JUL 13 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN
UTAH.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
EXPECT SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD
OVER THE VALLEYS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE VALLEYS.
ALSO...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEYOND
MIDNIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
PF
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