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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1231 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT.
* AT 1231 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY
RAINFALL RATES ARE OCCURRING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AS THIS
AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST 24
HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORWOOD, SAWPIT, PLACERVILLE AND FALL CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
HIGHWAY 145 BETWEEN NORWOOD AND SAWPIT 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 3811 10831 3816 10828 3817 10824 3807 10810
3800 10792 3794 10794 3798 10810
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MDA
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