Warning Description: Flash Flood Watch
Warning Date: 3:05 PM MDT on July 29, 2010
WarningSum:...Flash Flood Watch Remains In Effect Until 9 Pm Mdt This
Evening...
Warning Message:The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of Colorado and Utah...including the following
areas...in Colorado...Animas river basin...central Colorado
River Basin...central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River basin...
central Yampa River basin...Debeque to Silt Corridor...Elkhead
and park mountains...Flattops...Four Corners/upper Dolores
River...Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain valleys... Grand
Valley...grand and Battlement mesas...lower Yampa River
basin...northwest San Juan Mountains...Paradox Valley/lower
Dolores River...Roan and Tavaputs plateaus...San Juan River
basin...southwest San Juan Mountains...Uncompahgre Plateau and
Dallas Divide...upper Gunnison River Valley...upper Yampa River
basin and west Elk and Sawatch mountains. In UT... Tavaputs
plateau. In Utah...arches/Grand Flat... canyonlands/Natural
Bridges...eastern Uinta Basin...eastern Uinta Mountains...La Sal
and Abajo Mountains and southeast Utah.
* Until 9 PM MDT this evening
* heavy rainfall associated with afternoon and evening thunderstorms
may result in flash flooding...especially near steep terrain and
in narrow slot canyons.
* Mud and rock slides are also possible as soils become saturated.
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.
