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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1137 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-HINSDALE CO-LA PLATA CO-
1137 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* 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 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. STREAMS LEVELS REMAIN
ELEVATED DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. MULTIPLE ROAD
CLOSURES ARE IN EFFECT COUNTY WIDE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1137 AM MDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE
WARNED AREA SINCE THURSDAY. FLOODING IS ONGOING IN THE WARNED
AREA. RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGHOUT THIS
AFTERNOON
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
JOHNNY POND ARROYO, LAKE CREEK, SHEARER CREEK, FLORIDA RIVER, HAY
GULCH, TRUE CREEK, MCDERMOTT ARROYO, PINOS RIVER, FIRST FORK
PIEDRA RIVER, MUD SPRING CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, NORTH FORK TEXAS
CREEK, JUNCTION CREEK, LONG HOLLOW, FALL CREEK, WEASEL SKIN
CREEK, TIRBIRCIO CREEK, DRY CREEK, ANIMAS RIVER, GRIMES CREEK,
TAYLOR CREEK, PLATA RIVER, WHEELER ARROYO, SOUTH FORK TEXAS
CREEK, WEST FORK SHEARER CREEK, CHERRY CREEK, FIRST FORK RED
CREEK, SPRING CREEK, SALT CREEK, DEADWOOD CREEK, CASTLE CREEK,
LITTLE BEAR CREEK, EAST CREEK, RED CREEK, LIGHTNER CREEK, BASIN
CREEK, SOUTH FORK LIGHTNER CREEK, BEAR CREEK, SAN JUAN ARROYO,
FALLS CREEK AND VALLECITO CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DURANGO, LA PLATA, FALFA, HESPERUS, BONDAD, BREEN, MAYDAY, KLINE,
MARVEL, REDMESA AND VALLECITO.
- 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
ERW
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