Flash Flood Warning

FFWGJT

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... The northwest side of the Turner Gulch Fire Scar burn scar in... Southwestern Mesa County in west central Colorado...

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 558 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the northwest side of the Turner Gulch Fire Scar Burn Scar. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 3 inches in 20 minutes. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the West 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 northwest side of the Turner Gulch Fire Scar Burn Scar.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the northwest side of the Turner Gulch Fire Scar Burn Scar.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Southwestern Mesa County.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Ute Creek, North Fork West Creek and West Creek.