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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
351 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SOWBELLY BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTHWESTERN DELTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHERN MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT.
* AT 351 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOWBELLY BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.6 TO 1.2
INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH ESCALANTE CREEK. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK,
MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND DOWNSTREAM THE SOWBELLY BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
SOWBELLY BURN SCAR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ESCALANTE CREEK, DRY FORK ESCALANTE CREEK AND GUNNISON RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES IN AND DOWNSTREAM THE SOWBELLY BURN
SCAR. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN PLACES. IF YOU
ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. DANGEROUS 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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3867 10842 3870 10832 3872 10827 3876 10826
3872 10826 3870 10828 3869 10831 3866 10835
3865 10840
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.6-1.2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ERW
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