658  
WGUS55 KGJT 152232  
FFWGJT  
COC077-160030-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO  
432 PM MDT WED JUL 15 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
THE TURNER GULCH BURN SCAR IN...  
SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...  
 
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 432 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE TURNER GULCH BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH  
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW  
MOVING THROUGH GILL CREEK INTO WEST CREEK. 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 TURNER  
GULCH BURN SCAR.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND  
THE TURNER GULCH BURN SCAR.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MESA 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 TURNER GULCH 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3867 10873 3870 10876 3871 10876 3874 10870  
3875 10871 3876 10874 3875 10875 3875 10877  
3876 10877 3876 10876 3877 10874 3876 10869  
3874 10868 3872 10867 3869 10869  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
ERW  
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