Gold Mountain Fire · Evacuation orders in effect. If your zone is set to Evacuate, leave now.
DetailsExcess runoff from heavy rain has ended over the warned area. If flooding has been observed...Please report it to your local law enforcement agency. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 300 AM MDT Thursday for portions of Colorado and Utah.
FFWGJT The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... The Lee and PL Gulch burn scar in... Central Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado... * Until 800 PM MDT. * At 655 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Lee and PL Gulch Burn Scar. Between 0.5 and 1.5 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 moving through the Lee and PL Gulch burn scars. 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 and PL Gulch burn scars. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Lee and PL Gulch burn scars. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... mainly rural areas of Central Rio Blanco County Lee and PL Gulch burn scars