Tuesday, September 10, 2013

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

Deep monsoonal moisture billows through La Plata and surounding counties today. Heavy rain is expected. Watch storms on hills above you, runoff increases on saturated ground.

WGUS65 KGJT 100935
FFAGJT

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
335 AM MDT TUE SEP 10 2013

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-SOUTHEAST UTAH-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...
GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS...BLANDING...
BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS...
MONTICELLO AND VICINITY
335 AM MDT TUE SEP 10 2013

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND UTAH...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN COLORADO...FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER...
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER...ROAN AND TAVAPUTS
PLATEAUS AND UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE. IN UTAH...
ARCHES/GRAND FLAT...CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES...LA SAL AND
ABAJO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST UTAH AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAU.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A DEEP PLUME OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN UTAH
AND WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN.
LOCAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WITH SATURATED GROUND
CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS...NOT MUCH RAIN WILL BE NEEDED TO
GENERATE FLASH FLOODING.

* AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING OR MUD DEBRIS FLOW INCLUDE SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS...SLOT CANYONS...ARROYOS...SLICKROCK
AREAS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. ROCK OR MUD SLIDES MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY- DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...CRAIG...HAYDEN...
MEEKER...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...
GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...
MESA...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE...CARBONDALE...SKYWAY...ASPEN...
VAIL...SNOWMASS...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...
CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...
GUNNISON...CIMARRON...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...
RICO...HESPERUS...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...
PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY
335 AM MDT TUE SEP 10 2013

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF WESTERN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CENTRAL
COLORADO RIVER BASIN AND FLATTOPS...CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER
BASIN...ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS AND UPPER YAMPA RIVER
BASIN...SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN...ANIMAS RIVER BASIN...NORTHWEST
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...CENTRAL
GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN...DEBEQUE TO SILT
CORRIDOR...GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...
GRAND VALLEY...GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS...LOWER YAMPA RIVER
BASIN...UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY AND WEST ELK AND SAWATCH
MOUNTAINS.

* FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A DEEP PLUME OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN UTAH
AND WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN.
LOCAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WITH SATURATED GROUND
CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS...NOT MUCH RAIN WILL BE NEEDED TO
GENERATE FLASH FLOODING.

* AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING OR MUD DEBRIS FLOW INCLUDE SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS...SLOT CANYONS...ARROYOS...SLICKROCK
AREAS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. ROCK OR MUD SLIDES MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$






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