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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Grand Junction, CO

August 30, 2026Dolores County, Colorado

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2026, 5:36 PM MDT for Dolores County, Colorado. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2026, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Dolores County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 4:18 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more41 hr
Aug 30, 8:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTRio Blanco58 min
Aug 30, 11:36 AM MDTFlood WatchGJTArchuleta, La Plata33 hr
Aug 30, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTPitkin37 min
Aug 30, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMontrose24 min
Aug 30, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT39 min
Aug 30, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMesa30 min
Aug 30, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTMesa22 min
Aug 30, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTMontezuma35 min
Aug 30, 5:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJTMesa4 hr
Aug 30, 6:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand32 min
Aug 30, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand32 min
Aug 30, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand35 min
Aug 30, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand23 min
Aug 30, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand32 min
Aug 30, 5:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTGrand86 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.