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WGUS85 KGJT 310027
FLSGJT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
627 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
COC077-310330-
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MESA CO-
627 PM MDT SUN AUG 30 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SLOT CANYON FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 626 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRAND JUNCTION AND ORCHARD MESA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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. 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 3890 10866 3901 10851 3905 10858 3895 10872
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