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Resolved Aug 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM. Kept for reference.
HighWeatherNWS Grand Junction

Flash Flood Warning

Mesa County · Started Aug 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM · Updated 4d ago

Mesa Countyarea
Aug 26, 2025, 7:14 PMeffective
Aug 26, 2025, 9:15 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...
Southwestern Delta County in west central Colorado... South Central Mesa County in west central Colorado... North Central Montrose County in west central Colorado Including the Sowbelly burn scar...
Until 915 PM MDT.
At 714 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.2 and 0.7 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Burn areas of the Sowbelly could also be impacted.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Escalante Fork and the Sowbelly burn scar.
This includes the following streams and drainages... Cottonwood Creek, Escalante Creek, Branch Creek, Gunnison River, Rose Creek, Middle Fork Escalante Creek, Dry Fork Escalante Creek, East Fork Escalante Creek, Kelso Creek, South Fork Mesa Creek and North Fork Escalante Creek.