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WGUS75 KGJT 280032
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
632 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2025
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RIO BLANCO CO-
632 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY...
AT 632 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.7 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW.
THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIO BLANCO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
STEWART GULCH, TWELVEMILE CREEK, BITTER CREEK, SHEEP CREEK, STORY
GULCH, PICEANCE CREEK, THIRTEENMILE CREEK, BEAR CREEK AND
FOURTEENMILE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING 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.
LAT...LON 3986 10796 3974 10794 3970 10798 3970 10805
3971 10807 3978 10809 3983 10820 3985 10816
3987 10811 3988 10804
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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