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Resolved Aug 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM. Kept for reference.
HighWeatherNWS Grand Junction

Flash Flood Warning

Montrose County · Started Aug 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM · Updated 4d ago

Montrose Countyarea
Aug 26, 2025, 5:03 PMeffective
Aug 26, 2025, 7:00 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...
The Deer Creek Burn Scar in... West Central Montrose County in west central Colorado... Northeastern San Juan County in southeastern Utah...
Until 700 PM MDT.
At 503 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Deer Creek Burn Scar. Between 0.2 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.7 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 La Sal Creek and Twomile Creek Basins. 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 Deer Creek Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Deer Creek Burn Scar.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
La Sal.
This includes the following streams and drainages... Ice Lake Creek, Sal Creek, La and West Paradox Creek.