NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 17 at 3:10PM MDT until July 17 at 6:15PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
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...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 310 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Lee Fire Burn Scar. The expected rainfall rate
is 2 to 3 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 Piceance Creek. 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...
mainly rural areas of South Central Rio Blanco County
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2559th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days