NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 20 at 9:46PM MDT until July 20 at 11:00PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Turner Gulch burn scar in...
Southwestern Mesa County in west central Colorado...
* Until 1100 PM MDT.
* At 946 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Turner Gulch Burn Scar. Between 0.5 and 1 inch
of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flows.
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 Turner
Gulch Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
the Turner Gulch Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southwestern Mesa County
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Bear Creek, Ute Creek, Maverick Canyon, Cow Creek, Gill Creek,
West Creek, North Lobe Creek and Calamity Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe