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WGUS85 KGJT 270530
FLSGJT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1130 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
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GARFIELD CO-MESA CO-
1130 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF GARFIELD AND MESA COUNTIES IN AND NORTH OF
MACK CO ALONG THE WEST SALT CREEK IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
COLORADO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 AM MDT.
* IMPACTS...RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1124 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...
THE WEST SALT CREEK NORTH OF MACK CO DOWN THROUGH TOWN TO THE
COLORADO RIVER.
- 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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