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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
331 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-HINSDALE CO-LA PLATA CO-
331 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHWESTERN ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN HINSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 330 PM MDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED
WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 329 PM MDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE
WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE THURSDAY MORNING.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES WITHIN RIVERS,
CREEKS AND STREAMS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DURANGO, BAYFIELD, IGNACIO, LA PLATA, FALFA, OXFORD, BONDAD,
HESPERUS, BREEN, VALLECITO, MAYDAY, KLINE, MARVEL, TIFFANY,
ALLISON AND REDMESA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3717 10824 3730 10810 3740 10808 3739 10769
3754 10754 3753 10746 3700 10749 3700 10826
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