NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 18 at 3:08PM MDT until July 18 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Lee Burn Scar in...
South Central Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado...
Central Garfield County in west central Colorado...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 308 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Lee Burn Scar. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near
steep terrain and County Road 5. The mud slide can consist of rock,
mud, vegetation and other loose materials.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding in and around the Lee Burn
Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
the Lee Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rio Blanco.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2702nd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days