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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
640 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FERRIS BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHWESTERN DOLORES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
NORTHERN MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT.
* AT 640 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FERRIS BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.7 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FERRIS
BURN SCAR. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 3 TO 5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS.
THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE FERRIS BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE FERRIS BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN DOLORES, NORTHERN MONTEZUMA AND
WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE FERRIS BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
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.
LAT...LON 3784 10863 3775 10860 3776 10858 3779 10860
3782 10857 3779 10853 3770 10857 3766 10855
3763 10865 3764 10874 3770 10878 3771 10875
3778 10880 3779 10883 3794 10881
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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