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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
339 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-
339 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM MDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS CONTINUES. 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 335 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
DAMAGE AND FLOODING IMPACTS. RIVERS CONTINUE TO RUN FAST AND HIGH
AND WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
ARCHULETA COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON,
OVERNIGHT AND REDEVELOPING TOMORROW. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3739 10713 3739 10681 3740 10679 3740 10668
3723 10668 3720 10660 3714 10659 3702 10649
3699 10648 3699 10687 3700 10688 3700 10748
3742 10748 3742 10713
ERW
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