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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1219 PM MDT MON OCT 13 2025
.ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED
CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE PIEDRA RIVER TO QUICKLY
RISE AND RUNOFF INTO THE MAIN STEM OF THE RIVER OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THE MAIN STEM OF THE PIEDRA IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO BANKFULL
OR HIGHER IN MANY LOW LYING AREAS WITH A CREST ARRIVING TO NEAR
NAVAJO RESERVOIR BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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ARCHULETA CO-HINSDALE CO-
1219 PM MDT MON OCT 13 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE PIEDRA
RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN AND ADJACENT TRIBUTARIES...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ARCHULETA AND HINSDALE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. MUD
AND DEBRIS FLOW ALONG HIGHWAY 151 IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1219 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE PIEDRA BASIN THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
IGNACIO CREEK, PIEDRA RIVER, MIDDLE FORK PIEDRA RIVER, INDIAN
CREEK, DAVIS CREEK, WEMINUCHE CREEK, SAND CREEK, DEVIL CREEK,
STOLLSTEIMER CREEK, WILLIAMS CREEK AND FIRST FORK PIEDRA
RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AREAS ALONG THE MAIN STEM OF THE PIEDRA RIVER FROM FAR
SOUTHERN HINSDALE COUNTY THROUGH WESTERN ARCHULETA COUNTY TO
THE CONFLUENCE WITH NAVAJO RESERVOIR.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3745 10714 3719 10721 3703 10741 3707 10748
3736 10738 3746 10732
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