Rio Blanco Fire · Wildfire · Archuleta County · 14h ago

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Resolved Aug 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM. Kept for reference.
HighWeatherNWS Grand Junction

Flash Flood Warning

Garfield County · Started Aug 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM · Updated 4d ago

Garfield Countyarea
Aug 16, 2025, 1:36 PMeffective
Aug 16, 2025, 3:30 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...
The Lee Fire Burn Scar in... South Central Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado... Northwestern Garfield County in west central Colorado...
Until 330 PM MDT.
At 136 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Lee Fire Burn Scar. Between 0.2 and 0.4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 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 Lee Burn scar. 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 Lee Fire Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Lee Fire Burn Scar.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rio Blanco.