{"id":97712,"date":"2018-10-01T18:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flash-flood-watch-issued-for-durango-416-fire-burn-area\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T18:59:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:59:43","slug":"flash-flood-watch-issued-for-durango-416-fire-burn-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flash-flood-watch-issued-for-durango-416-fire-burn-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash-flood watch issued for Durango, 416 Fire burn area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Remnants of Hurricane Rosa are expected to bring heavy rain to the region through Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service has issued a flash-flood watch from 3 a.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. Wednesday for the region, including areas near the 416 Fire burn scar and the city of Durango, said Scott Stearns, meteorologist with the agency.<\/p>\n

The storm is predicted to bring between 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain through Wednesday, he said. Although, higher elevations could see more precipitation.<\/p>\n

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the center of Rosa, which was a hurricane until late Sunday, would bring 3 to 6 inches of rain Monday near Baja California and Sonora.<\/p>\n

The storm was expected to move quickly northwestward as it weakens, bringing 2 to 4 inches of rain to central and southern Arizona and 1 to 2 inches to the rest of the desert Southwest, Central Rockies and Great Basin. Some isolated areas might see even more precipitation.<\/p>\n

Rosa had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph Monday morning and was centered about 75 miles west of Punta Eugenia in Mexico. It was heading north-northeast at 12 mph.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re expecting this to be a longer duration, more of a soaking rain type of event; it\u2019s not going to be a quick thunderstorm,\u201d Stearns said.<\/p>\n

The rainfall is expected to be light to moderate, and no area should receive \u201chuge deluges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It was still unknown Monday afternoon if the storm would carry the heaviest moisture through central Utah, said Butch Knowlton, director of La Plata County\u2019s Office of Emergency Management.<\/p>\n

His office is in communication with the National Weather Service and plans to track the precipitation in the storm with equipment on Missionary Ridge once it arrives, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to try to watch the radar as close as we can to determine what volumes are in those storms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Large downpours could pose a risk to residents living near the 416 Fire burn area. They should be vigilant no matter the time of day, Knowlton said.<\/p>\n

He expects most residents near the scar to be notified of potential flooding through the county\u2019s CodeRED<\/a> alert system or the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Private citizens have cleared ravines and put in berms and other defensive structures around homes, he said. The rain is expected to start winding down mid-day Wednesday.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, residents could see sunshine and some lingering showers, Stearns said.<\/p>\n

A storm from the northwest is expected to arrive Friday or Saturday, which could bring snowfall to the higher elevations, he said.<\/p>\n

mshinn@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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