Flash Flood Warning

Issued: 2025-08-16T13:36:00-06:00

Expires: 2025-08-16T15:30:00-06:00

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…
Northwestern Garfield County in west central Colorado…

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 136 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Lee Fire Burn Scar. Between 0.2 and 0.4 inches
of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 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 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…
Rio Blanco.

Instructions:

Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of
creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains
will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep
terrain, especially in and around these areas.

Low water crossings in mountainous terrain can become dangerous in
heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate
route.