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HighWeatherNWS Grand Junction

Flash Flood Warning

Montrose County · Started Aug 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM · Updated 4d ago

Montrose Countyarea
Aug 22, 2025, 5:26 PMeffective
Aug 22, 2025, 7:30 PMexpires
NWS Grand Junctionsource
Approximate affected area. Zone-based advisories do not include an exact boundary

Full advisory

FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a
Flash Flood Warning for...
Deer Creek Burn Scar
Until 730 PM MDT.
At 526 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the Deer Creek burn scar. Between 0.1 and 0.4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.8 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the Deer Creek burn scar. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Deer Creek Burn scar and portions of State Highway 46.
This includes the following streams and drainages... West Paradox Creek, Ice Lake Creek and La Sal Creek.