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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
619 PM MDT SAT SEP 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT.
* AT 619 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 139 NEAR AND SOUTH
OF DOUGLAS PASS. BETWEEN 0.6 AND 0.8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
HIGHWAY 139 NEAR DOUGLAS PASS 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 3959 10884 3960 10880 3950 10874 3949 10878
3954 10882
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MDA
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