NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 30 at 6:09PM MDT until August 30 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Northwest area of the Ferris Fire Scar burn scar in...
Northwestern Dolores County in southwestern Colorado...
* Until 700 PM MDT.
* At 609 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Northwest area of the Ferris Fire Scar Burn
Scar. Between 0.3 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive
rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow. 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 Northwest area of the
Ferris Fire Scar Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
Northwest area of the Ferris Fire Scar Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mainly rural areas of Northwestern Dolores County.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Cross Canyon, Glade Canyon and Dolores River.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 863rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days