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WGUS85 KGJT 270457
FLSGJT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1057 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
COC045-077-270800-
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GARFIELD CO-MESA CO-
1057 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF GARFIELD AND MESA COUNTIES NORTH OF MACK CO IN
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 AM MDT.
* IMPACTS...RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1053 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN
MESA COUNTIES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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.
LAT...LON 3947 10903 3947 10893 3932 10897 3930 10894
3926 10892 3922 10889 3920 10892 3921 10892
3923 10890 3935 10905
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