Flash Flood Watch until 12:00AM Thursday
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has expanded the
* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of northwest Colorado, southwest Colorado and west central Colorado.
* From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening.
* A system moving across the region in addition to monsoon moisture will support widespread showers and thunderstorms across the area on Wednesday. Stronger thunderstorms will be capable of producing heavy rain. This watch includes the Pine Gulch, Grizzly Creek, Lake Christine and 416 Fire burn scars.
* Burn scars and areas of steep terrain will be especially susceptible to heavy rainfall leading to quick runoff responses with debris and mud flows likely.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS ... CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN ... GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS ... GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ... WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ... FLAT TOPS ... UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE ... NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
Instructions:
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Address/Location
Dolores County Emergency Alert System
8477 Rd 7.7
Dove Creek, CO 81324
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 970-677-2929
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP DOLCO followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch