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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 1:14 AM Aug. 27, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Delta County in west central Colorado... South Central Mesa County in west central Colorado... North Central Montrose County in west central Colorado Including the Sowbelly burn scar... * Until 915 PM MDT. * At 714 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.2 and 0.7 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Burn areas of the Sowbelly could also be impacted. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Escalante Fork and the Sowbelly burn scar. This includes the following streams and drainages... Cottonwood Creek, Escalante Creek, Branch Creek, Gunnison River, Rose Creek, Middle Fork Escalante Creek, Dry Fork Escalante Creek, East Fork Escalante Creek, Kelso Creek, South Fork Mesa Creek and North Fork Escalante Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED; EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
Flood Watch
Issued: 9:19 PM Aug. 26, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of Colorado, including the following areas, along the I-70 corridor, Flat Tops, Four Corners, Central Mountain Valleys, Grand Valley, Grand and Battlement Mesas, Western San Juan Mountains, Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide, Upper Gunnison River Valley and West Elk and Sawatch Mountains, and portions of southeast Utah, including the following areas, Canyonlands/Natural Bridges and the La Sal and Abajo Mountains. This also includes the Elk/Lee Complex, Turner Gulch, Deer Creek, Stoner Mesa, and South Rim burn scars. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain. Heavy rain over burn scars may lead to debris flows. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. &&
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