NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 30 at 5:36PM MDT until August 30 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 Northwest area of the Ferris Fire Scar burn scar in...
Northwestern Dolores County in southwestern Colorado...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 536 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Northwest area of the Ferris Fire Scar Burn
Scar. Between 0.3 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen over 15
minutes. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow.
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 Northwest area of the
Ferris Fire Scar Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the
Northwest area of the Ferris Fire Scar Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mainly rural areas of Northwestern Dolores County.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Cross Canyon, Glade Canyon and Dolores River.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 864th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days