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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
728 PM MDT Wed Aug 27 2025

The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The Lee Fire burn scar in...
  South Central Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 728 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain over the Lee Fire Burn Scar. Between 0.5 and 0.8 inches
  of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

Debris flows have made portions of County Road 5 impassable with
water and debris still moving through. 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.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Stewart Gulch, Twelvemile Creek, Bitter Creek, Sheep Creek, Story
  Gulch, Piceance Creek, Thirteenmile Creek, Bear Creek and
  Fourteenmile Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause
extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and
ditches in the Lee Fire Burn Scar. Severe debris flows can also be
anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away in
places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3986 10796 3974 10794 3970 10798 3970 10805
      3971 10807 3978 10809 3983 10820 3985 10816
      3987 10811 3988 10804

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

MDA