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WGUS85 KGJT 232053
FLSGJT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
253 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
COC067-232245-
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LA PLATA CO-
253 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, LA PLATA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 445 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. SOME LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 253 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.6 AND 1 INCH
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DRY CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LA PLATA COUNTY
- 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 AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3727 10770 3728 10768 3725 10766 3722 10768
3723 10769
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