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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
242 PM MDT TUE SEP 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT.
* AT 242 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAWPIT, FALL CREEK AND PLACERVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FALL CREEK, DEEP CREEK, BIG BEAR CREEK, MUDDY CREEK, SALTADO CREEK,
SOUTH FORK SAN MIGUEL RIVER, DOLORES RIVER, SPECIE CREEK, SAN
MIGUEL RIVER, LEOPARD CREEK AND ALDER CREEK.
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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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 3804 10807 3806 10802 3802 10802 3801 10794
3797 10791 3799 10787 3789 10794 3784 10795
3783 10797 3786 10799 3791 10794 3794 10795
3796 10801 3799 10802 3798 10807 3803 10811
3802 10814 3809 10819
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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