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WGUS85 KGJT 022232
FLSGJT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
332 PM MST TUE JAN 2 2024
COC113-041630-
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SAN MIGUEL CO-
332 PM MST TUE JAN 2 2024
...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...LOW LYING AREAS ALONG AND ON THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER BETWEEN
MILE MARKER 78 AND 93 OF HWY 145 WHICH INCLUDES RIVER SECTIONS
NEAR SAWPIT AND PLACERVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ICE JAM RELEASE IS POSSIBLE ON THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER,
CAUSING MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 218 PM MST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM
WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. RAPID RIVER RISES MAY CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING NEAR THE ADVISORY AREA.
- IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ANGLERS STAY OUT OF THE RIVER WITHIN
THIS ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
- HOMES IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM, WHICH WAS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF MILE MARKER 78 ON
HWY 145, MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF THEIR
PROPERTY IF AN ICE JAM RELEASES INSTANTANEOUSLY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 3808 10821 3809 10817 3805 10810 3801 10800
3798 10796 3796 10798 3801 10813
ERW
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