Colorado Severe Flash Flood Warning | Effective 09-19-2026 12:38

Headline: 
Flash Flood Warning issued September 19 at 1:38PM MDT until September 19 at 4:45PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Event: 
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 19, 2026 - 12:38pm
Expires: 
September 19, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description: 
FFWGJT The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Mesa County in west central Colorado... * Until 445 PM MDT. * At 138 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 1 inch in 30 minutes. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of creeks and streams. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Gateway and Turner Gulch burn scar area.
Instruction: 
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
SNM: AVISO DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS hasta 4:45 PM MDT. Evite areas inundadas.
Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia: AVISO DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS en efecto para esta area hasta las 4:45 PM MDT. Esta es una situacion peligrosa y amenaza la vida. No intente viajar a menos que sea para abandonar un area propensa a inundaciones o bajo una orden de desalojo.
Area Description: 
Mesa, CO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Grand Junction CO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov