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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1218 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-HINSDALE CO-LA PLATA CO-
1218 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WESTERN ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN HINSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.
* 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1212 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
- THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING STREAMS...
VALLECITO CREEK, LA PLATA RIVER, ANIMAS RIVER AND MANY CREEKS AND
TRIBUTARIES THAT FEED INTO THESE RIVERS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DURANGO, LA PLATA, FALFA, HESPERUS, BONDAD, BREEN, MAYDAY, KLINE,
MARVEL, REDMESA AND VALLECITO.
- 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3700 10826 3717 10824 3730 10810 3740 10808
3739 10769 3754 10754 3753 10746 3734 10746
3727 10777 3700 10780
MDA
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