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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
648 PM MDT MON SEP 22 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE LEE BURN SCAR IN...
CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT.
* AT 648 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LEE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.8 AND 1.1 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
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 BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE LEE BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY
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 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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4001 10791 3988 10797 4002 10823 4006 10817
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
BGB
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