Western Slope · Colorado
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FFWGJT The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Turner Gulch Burn Scar * Until 845 PM MDT. * At 722 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.3 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.7 to 1 inch 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 central and eastern basins of the Turner Gulch 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... Turner Gulch burn scar This includes the following streams and drainages... North Lobe Creek, Bear Creek, Cow Creek, Big Dominguez Creek, Ute Creek, Calamity Creek, West Creek, Fair Creek, La, Gill Creek and Beaver Creek.
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of Colorado, including the following areas, along the I-70 corridor, Flat Tops, Four Corners, Central Mountain Valleys, Grand Valley, Grand and Battlement Mesas, Western San Juan Mountains, Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide, Upper Gunnison River Valley and West Elk and Sawatch Mountains, and portions of southeast Utah, including the following areas, Canyonlands/Natural Bridges and the La Sal and Abajo Mountains. This also includes the Elk/Lee Complex, Turner Gulch, Deer Creek, Stoner Mesa, and South Rim burn scars. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain. Heavy rain over burn scars may lead to debris flows. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood