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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
142 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-
142 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. SEVERAL STRUCTURES ARE
FLOODED, AND NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IMPACTS
COUNTY WIDE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON
INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IMPACTS ON TOP OF FLOODED
RIVERS, CREEKS AND STREAMS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 142 PM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HIGH ACCUMULATIONS OF
RAINFALL SINCE THURSDAY. FLOODING IS ONGOING IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA FROM AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WHICH INCREASES THE THREAT OF FLOODING
ACROSS ARCHULETA COUNTY WHERE RIVERS ARE ALREADY FULL AND
EXCEEDING THEIR BANKS. SATURATED SOILS WILL ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT
RUNOFF AND POSE THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAGOSA SPRINGS, LONETREE, CHIMNEY ROCK, JUANITA, GATO, PAGOSA
JUNCTION, CHROMO AND ARBOLES.
- 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3742 10713 3739 10713 3739 10681 3740 10678
3740 10668 3723 10668 3720 10660 3714 10659
3702 10649 3699 10648 3699 10687 3700 10688
3700 10748 3742 10748
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