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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
943 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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SAN MIGUEL CO-
943 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* 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.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 942 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SPECIE CREEK, SAN MIGUEL RIVER, AND SOUTH FORK SAN MIGUEL RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, SAWPIT, FALL CREEK AND PLACERVILLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3815 10826 3815 10820 3808 10812 3802 10801
3796 10783 3791 10784 3798 10805 3806 10818
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