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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
542 AM MDT MON SEP 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FERRIS BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHWESTERN DOLORES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 AM MDT.
* AT 542 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OVER THE
FERRIS BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.7 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. 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 FERRIS BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
FERRIS BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FERRIS BURN SCAR 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.
LAT...LON 3787 10880 3781 10869 3777 10867 3776 10861
3774 10861 3774 10857 3780 10858 3780 10854
3775 10857 3765 10856 3764 10863 3764 10873
3766 10875 3768 10874 3769 10877 3770 10873
3776 10875 3780 10879 3779 10882 3781 10880
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.7-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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