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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1223 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT.
* AT 1223 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. HEAVY
RAINFALL RATES DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS ARE FALLING OVER THIS ALREADY
SATURATED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARBOLES AND CHIMNEY ROCK.
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.
HIGHWAY 151 FROM ARBOLES TO THE INTERSECTION OF 160 NEAR CHIMNEY ROCK
IS PRONE TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN HEAVY RAIN. STAY ALERT FOR
ROCKS AND DEBRIS ON ROADS, AND AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS. FIND
AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3702 10744 3701 10736 3709 10735 3720 10724
3723 10724 3723 10733 3711 10742
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MDA
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