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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
550 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
* UNTIL 845 PM MDT.
* AT 550 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTH FORK MILL CREEK, GRANDSTAFF CANYON AND
CASTLE CREEK. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOAB AND CASTLE VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3862 10926 3858 10930 3852 10939 3853 10950
3856 10954 3860 10959 3861 10958 3868 10950
3873 10938
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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