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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
525 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 525 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN
1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, SLOT
CANYONS AND ARROYOS AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME LIFE
THREATENING IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS
OR CREEKS.
IMMEDIATELY CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND. RUNOFF CONCENTRATED THROUGH
NARROW CANYON WALLS CAN QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS, LIFE THREATENING
CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3792 10986 3785 10983 3774 10991 3773 10999
3781 11019 3786 11024 3786 11018 3789 11018
3791 11019 3791 11018 3795 11018 3795 11016
3797 11015 3797 11012 3799 11012 3799 11009
3797 11009 3798 11003 3801 11001 3798 10993
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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