Weather Alert in Colorado
Flash Flood Warning issued August 26 at 5:41AM MDT until August 26 at 6:15AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
AREAS AFFECTED: Rio Blanco, CO
DESCRIPTION: FFWGJT The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... The Lee burn scar in... Central Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado... * Until 615 AM MDT. * At 541 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain over the Lee Burn Scar. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.0 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the White River, Piceance Creek, and Dry Fork Piceance Creek drainages. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing flash flooding in and around the Lee Burn Scar. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Lee Burn Scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... mainly rural areas of Central Rio Blanco County
INSTRUCTION: This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and ditches in the Lee Burn Scar. Severe debris flows can also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety.
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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
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