Salt Lake City, Utah

Regional Weather Alerts


Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus; 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; Flat Tops; Upper Gunnison River Valley; Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide; Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains; Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River; Four Corners/Upper Dolores River; Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin; Arches/Grand Flat; La Sal and Abajo Mountains
Effective: 11apeor37ap -> 13aaeor0aa
Onset: 11apeor37ap -> 12aaeor0aa
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Grand Junction CO on 11apeor37ap
Headline: Flood Watch issued September 11 at 1:37PM MDT until September 13 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Description: * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest and west-central Colorado, as well
as portions of eastern Utah. Recent burn scars, including Deer
Creek, Lee, Elk, South Rim, Turner Gulch, and Stoner Mesa, will be
the most susceptible.

* WHEN...Through Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff from strong thunderstorms may result in
debris flows and flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other
low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood