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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
450 PM MDT TUE SEP 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF LEE BURN SCAR IN...
CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT.
* AT 450 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF LEE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN
0.2 AND 0.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE NORTHWEST
PORTION OF LEE BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF LEE BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE LEE BURN SCAR AND ADJACENT AREAS ALONG
HIGHWAY 64.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
STRAWBERRY CREEK, SMITH GULCH, DRY FORK PICEANCE CREEK, AND HAY
GULCH
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 NORTHWEST PORTION OF LEE 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 4010 10812 4007 10813 4006 10811 4005 10804
4003 10804 4004 10803 4002 10801 4001 10803
3997 10804 3998 10808 3996 10810 3997 10812
3995 10814 3992 10815 3989 10818 3989 10820
3994 10819 3996 10821 3999 10828 4001 10823
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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