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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
537 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
* AT 537 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.3 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS WITHIN STEEP CANYONS AS
WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TRAILS AND CAMPGROUNDS WITHIN TAYLOR CANYON IN CANYONLANDS
NATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING THE WHITE RIM ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME LIFE
THREATENING IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS
OR CREEKS. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING
RAIN. ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
IMMEDIATELY CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND. RUNOFF CONCENTRATED THROUGH
NARROW CANYON WALLS CAN QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS, LIFE THREATENING
CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3854 10984 3849 10981 3844 10984 3842 10989
3842 10995 3846 11001 3847 11001 3847 11000
3848 11000 3852 10991
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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