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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
940 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ESCALANTE CREEK DRAINAGE...
SOUTHWESTERN DELTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTH CENTRAL MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT.
* AT 940 PM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN GUAGE REPORTS SUGGEST A SHARP INCREASE IN RIVER FLOW
AND HEIGHT. BETWEEN 0.7 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WATER
CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWN ESCALANTE CREEK TOWARD THE
GUNNISON RIVER
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ESCALANTE FORKS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ESCALANTE CREEK, BRANCH CREEK, 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.
LAT...LON 3861 10846 3863 10845 3864 10848 3865 10848
3872 10830 3878 10829 3877 10824 3876 10826
3868 10826 3869 10828 3861 10838 3856 10839
3850 10843 3851 10849 3853 10846 3856 10850
3852 10859 3853 10862 3859 10855
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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