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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
110 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT.
* AT 110 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 145 FROM TELLURIDE TO PLACERVILLE. 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 INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PLACERVILLE, SAWPIT ALONG HIGHWAY 145.
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.
HIGHWAY 145 IS PRONE TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY
ALERT FOR ROCKS AND DEBRIS ON ROADS, AND AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3802 10805 3800 10806 3798 10802 3796 10796
3794 10792 3794 10787 3796 10787 3796 10792
3798 10797 3800 10799 3800 10802
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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