{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a57acac98306ae40caafaa8fbb3c15093760262d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 5:06PM MDT until July 21 at 8:15PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.a57acac98306ae40caafaa8fbb3c15093760262d.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Grand Junction CO"},"word_count":195,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 5:06PM MDT until July 21 at 8:15PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Dolores, CO; Montezuma, CO\n**Issued by:** NWS Grand Junction CO\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T17:06:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T17:06:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T20:15:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWGJT\n\nThe National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nWest Central Dolores County in southwestern Colorado...\nNorthwestern Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado...\n\n* Until 815 PM MDT.\n\n* At 506 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain\nhave fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1\nhour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms\nproducing flash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,\nurban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nCahone.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nRemain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.\nArroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging currents in a matter\nof minutes, even from distant rainfall."}