Flash Flood Warning

At 218 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar near and northwest of Rociada. Between 2.25 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Tierra Monte, Sapello, Manuelitas and Rociada.

This includes State Road 518 between Mile Markers 10 and 16.

The drainages most likely to experience flash flooding are Manuelitas Creek and Sapello River.