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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
418 AM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
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CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND VALLEY-
DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND
BATTLEMENT MESAS-GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH
MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE
PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-FOUR
CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-
ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL
BRIDGES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRAIG, MEEKER, HAYDEN, GRAND JUNCTION,
FRUITA, PALISADE, RIFLE, NEW CASTLE, SILT, PARACHUTE, COLLBRAN, DE
BEQUE, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, EAGLE, GYPSUM, AVON, CARBONDALE, BASALT,
CEDAREDGE, ASPEN, VAIL, MINTURN, TENNESSEE PASS, SNOWMASS, REDCLIFF,
INDEPENDENCE PASS, VAIL PASS, MONTROSE, DELTA, ORCHARD CITY, OLATHE,
PAONIA, HOTCHKISS, CRAWFORD, MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE, MARBLE, PITKIN,
GUNNISON, RIDGWAY, LOGHILL VILLAGE, TELLURIDE, MOUNTAIN VILLAGE,
OURAY, LAKE CITY, SAWPIT, PAGOSA SPRINGS, SILVERTON, RICO, NUCLA,
NATURITA, NORWOOD, SLICK ROCK, CORTEZ, MANCOS, DOLORES, DOVE CREEK,
BLANDING, GOULDING, BLUFF, TSELAKAI DEZZA, ANETH, MONTEZUMA CREEK,
MEXICAN HAT, HALCHITA, WHITE MESA, MOAB, GREEN RIVER, CASTLE VALLEY,
MONTICELLO, LA SAL, EASTLAND, SPANISH VALLEY, CANYONLANDS NATIONAL
PARK, AND FRY CANYON
418 AM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF COLORADO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE
RIVER BASIN, CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN, DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR,
FLAT TOPS, FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER, GORE AND ELK
MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, GRAND VALLEY, GRAND AND
BATTLEMENT MESAS, NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, PARADOX
VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER, ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS, SOUTHWEST
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, UPPER
GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY AND WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND UTAH,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, ARCHES/GRAND FLAT,
CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES, LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST
UTAH AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAU.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
RECENT BURN SCARS WILL ALSO BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE AND THESE
INCLUDE THE LEE AND ELK RX, GOLD MOUNTAIN AND ELK, FERRIS, AND
BABYLON BURN SCARS TO NAME A FEW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WILL
SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVIER RAIN ARE EXPECTED
INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN OUR MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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