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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
956 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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LA PLATA CO-
956 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS
OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 948 PM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS THE LA PLATA RIVER HAS RISEN ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.
- THIS INCLUDES THE LA PLATA RIVER AND THE SURROUNDING LOW AREAS
NEAR THE RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HESPERUS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3734 10807 3729 10805 3727 10804 3719 10810
3715 10817 3714 10815 3720 10806 3726 10802
3732 10804 3735 10806
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