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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
210 PM MDT SUN AUG 25 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT.
* AT 210 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.7 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 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.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COTTONWOOD CREEK, SAN MIGUEL RIVER, BIG BUCKTAIL CREEK, HORSEFLY
CREEK AND LITTLE COTTONWOOD CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3826 10841 3825 10846 3828 10849 3829 10847
3829 10840 3828 10833 3827 10826 3824 10826
3825 10835
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
NL
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