NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:40PM MDT until July 21 at 7:45PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Ferris burn scar in...
Northwestern Dolores County in southwestern Colorado...
Northern Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado...
West Central San Miguel County in southwestern Colorado...
* Until 745 PM MDT.
* At 640 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Ferris Burn Scar. Between 0.4 and 0.7 inches
of rain have fallen across the northwest portion of the Ferris
Burn Scar. The expected rainfall rate is 3 to 5 inches in 1 hour.
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 Ferris Burn
Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
the Ferris Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Northwestern Dolores, Northern Montezuma and
West Central San Miguel Counties
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1573rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days