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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
331 PM MDT THU AUG 28 2025
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RIO BLANCO CO-
331 PM MDT THU AUG 28 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 445 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY...
AT 331 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 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.
EVEN THOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED, DEBRIS FLOW AND MUDSLIDES WERE
REPORTED OVER COUNTY ROAD 5 NEAR MILE MARKER 30 TO THE WEST OF THE
LEE FIRE BURN SCAR. 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 AND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 5 NEAR MILE
MARKER 30 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LEE FIRE BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PICEANCE CREEK, DRY FORK PICEANCE CREEK AND YELLOW 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 4001 10831 4001 10824 4001 10819 3997 10815
3990 10820 3989 10821 3994 10833
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MDA
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