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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
147 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-HINSDALE CO-LA PLATA CO-
147 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 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 400 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 147 PM 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...
LIGHTNER CREEK, GRIMES CREEK, SALT CREEK, LAKE CREEK, CASTLE
CREEK, FLORIDA RIVER, EAST CREEK, LONG HOLLOW, MCDERMOTT ARROYO,
JOHNNY POND ARROYO, FALL CREEK, JUNCTION CREEK, LITTLE BEAR
CREEK, TAYLOR CREEK, VALLECITO CREEK, RED CREEK, TIRBIRCIO CREEK,
TRUE CREEK, SOUTH FORK TEXAS CREEK, NORTH FORK TEXAS CREEK,
ANIMAS RIVER, BEAVER CREEK, FALLS CREEK, FIRST FORK RED CREEK,
FIRST FORK PIEDRA RIVER, BEAR CREEK, HAY GULCH, DEADWOOD CREEK, D
CREEK, PLATA RIVER, LA, SAN JUAN ARROYO, MUD SPRING CREEK,
SHEARER CREEK, BASIN CREEK, PINOS RIVER, LOS, CHERRY CREEK,
SPRING CREEK, WHEELER ARROYO, DRY CREEK, SOUTH FORK LIGHTNER
CREEK, WEST FORK SHEARER CREEK AND WEASEL SKIN 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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