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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1035 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FERRIS BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHWESTERN DOLORES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT.
* AT 1035 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FERRIS BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS.
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 FERRIS BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE FERRIS BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN DOLORES 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 FERRIS 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 3770 10878 3770 10875 3773 10875 3780 10880
3782 10885 3789 10880 3781 10853 3766 10855
3764 10863 3764 10870 3765 10875
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
TGR
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