Flash Flood Warning

FFWGJT

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... The Babylon Burn Scar in the Cotton Wood Creek Drainage...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 548 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Babylon Burn Scar in the Cotton Wood Creek Drainage. Between 0.2 and 0.4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.6 to 1 inch 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 the Cotton Wood Creek Drainage. 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 Babylon Burn Scar in the Cotton Wood Creek Drainage.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Babylon Burn Scar in the Cotton Wood Creek Drainage.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Central San Juan County.