NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 22 at 2:49PM MDT until August 22 at 5:45PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Gold Mountain burn scar in...
Northwestern Hinsdale County in southwestern Colorado...
East Central Ouray County in southwestern Colorado...
Southwestern Gunnison County in west central Colorado...
* Until 545 PM MDT.
* At 249 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Gold Mountain Burn Scar. Between 0.2 and 0.5
inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3
inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.2 to 0.5 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar
will result in debris flow moving through the Cutler Creek, Dexter
Creek, and Cow Creek. 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 Gold Mountain Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
Gold Mountain Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Portland, Ouray, and the Highway 550 corridor.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1241st Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days