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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1220 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2023
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MOFFAT CO-ROUTT CO-
1220 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION CO HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...
ELKHEAD CREEK ABOVE ELKHEAD RESERVOIR AFFECTING ROUTT AND MOFFAT
COUNTIES.
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
TONIGHT.
* WHERE...ELKHEAD CREEK NEAR HAYDEN.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. STREAMS CONTINUE TO
RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM WARM ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND
POTENTIAL RAINFALL ON A DEEP SNOWPACK. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY
BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1211 PM MDT, FORECAST HYDROGRAPHS INDICATE WARM
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH RAIN ON SNOW WILL ACCELERATE
SNOWMELT, LEADING TO INCREASED RUNOFF. FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN TONIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL MOFFAT AND WEST CENTRAL
ROUTT COUNTIES, NORTH OF HAYDEN.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4057 10739 4066 10736 4068 10731 4069 10731
4077 10730 4068 10711 4062 10713 4057 10726
ERW
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