Flash Flood Warning

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