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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
121 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE LEE BURN SCAR IN...
CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT.
* AT 121 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LEE BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR
WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW. 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 LEE BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
LEE BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL RIO BLANCO 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 LEE 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 3984 10817 3987 10795 4004 10793 4003 10810
4010 10817 4008 10823 3995 10830 3995 10831
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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