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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
522 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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LA PLATA CO-
522 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN 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. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING WITH ROAD WASHOUTS ALSO OCCURRING.
STREAMS AND DRY WASHES CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM
EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 520 PM MDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS.
- THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING STREAMS
ANDDRAINAGES...
FLORIDA RIVER, SPRING CREEK, UTE CREEK, SALT CREEK AND DRY CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BAYFIELD, IGNACIO, OXFORD, TIFFANY AND ALLISON.
- 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 3727 10777 3733 10748 3725 10748 3700 10749
3700 10780
MDA
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