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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1154 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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LA PLATA CO-
1154 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN 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 ONGOING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING IMPACTS WITH ROAD AND CULVERT WASHOUTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1151 AM MDT, FLOODING IMPACTS ARE ONGOING. MINOR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
- 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
ERW
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