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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
351 AM MDT MON MAY 15 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION CO HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...
ELK RIVER AT MILNER AFFECTING ROUTT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
COC107-161300-
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/ENMC2.1.SM.230515T0607Z.230518T1000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
351 AM MDT MON MAY 15 2023
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ELK RIVER AT MILNER.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.9 FEET, BACKWATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO
DEBRIS BLOCKING THE EAST FORK ELK RIVER CULVERTS UNDER US 40.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 AM MDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:30 AM MDT MONDAY WAS 7.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 8.0 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.0 FEET ON 06/08/2010.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4050 10693 4048 10699 4068 10699 4060 10681
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