NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 29 at 5:47PM MDT until July 29 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Gold Mountain Burn Area in...
Southeastern Ouray County in southwestern Colorado...
* Until 900 PM MDT.
* At 547 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Gold Mountain Burn Area. Between 0.8 and 1.3
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near
steep terrain. The mud slide can consist of rock, mud, vegetation
and other loose materials.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Cutler and Dexter Creek. This
is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding in and around the Gold
Mountain Burn Area.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas in
and around the Gold Mountain Burn Area.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ouray.
Areas along Highway 550, County Roads 23 and 17 between Dexter and
Cutler Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2260th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days