Gold Mountain Fire · Evacuation orders in effect. If you are in a GO zone, leave now.
DetailsFFWGJT The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South Central Garfield County in west central Colorado... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 330 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain above Roan Creek. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of creeks and streams, county roads. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... mainly rural areas of South Central Garfield County along Roan Creek
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Colorado, including the following counties, in northwest Colorado, Garfield. In west central Colorado, Mesa. * WHEN...Until 715 PM MDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 414 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Battlement Mesa. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood