Flash Flood Warning

FFWGJT

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Central Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado... Central Garfield County in west central Colorado...

* Until 445 PM MDT.

* At 149 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.3 and 0.7 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.9 to 1.3 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 the Lee Burn Scar. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, highways, and streets.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... mainly rural areas of Central Rio Blanco and Central Garfield Counties