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... Central Mesa County in west central Colorado... * Until 500 PM MDT. * At 151 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.8 and 1.5 inches of rain have 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, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... East Creek along Highway 141 to the Gunnison River near Whitewater, CO.
HWY 141 mm 26 · Smoke Check · 0.1 acres
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Initial reports from the Grand Junction, Montrose, Durango, and Craig interagency dispatch centers, checked every 15 minutes. Most new starts are caught small; the ones that grow become alerts.
Full dispatch logFor life-threatening emergencies, always call 911. The Slope aggregates official feeds (NWS, InciWeb, the National Interagency Fire Center), checked around the clock, plus community resources; it does not replace official emergency services or county notification systems.