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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
944 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
COC007-053-067-230800-
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ARCHULETA CO-HINSDALE CO-LA PLATA CO-
944 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WESTERN ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN HINSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 AM MDT.
* 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 939 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.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LA PLATA RIVER, ANIMAS RIVER, VALLECITO CREEK, TAYLOR CREEK, LOS
PINOS RIVER, FLORIDA RIVER, AND FIRST FORK PIEDRA RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DURANGO, LA PLATA, FALFA, HESPERUS, BONDAD, BREEN, MAYDAY, KLINE,
MARVEL, REDMESA AND VALLECITO.
- FLOODING ALONG THE ANIMAS RIVER, INCLUDING AREAS ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF DURANGO, IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RIVERS
AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT, WITH PEAK
FLOW EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- 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
BGB
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