Flood Advisory
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 930 PM MDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Northwestern Mesa County in west central Colorado... Central Grand County in east central Utah... This includes the I-70 corridor between Crescent Junction, in Utah, and Grand Junction, in Colorado.
When
Until 930 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Dangerous flows over low-water crossings. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
Additional details
- At 632 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fruita, Mack, Loma and Redlands. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
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. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Mesa County, CO
- Grand County, UT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KT5GG5J3PAX6GNJC29X1JG
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9240c195bbbaffebcf719c01f9691af687ce6bf8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- AWIPS ID
- CAPGJT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.993
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSGJT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KGJT 160034 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGJT.FA.Y.0087.260916T0034Z-260916T0330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-15T21:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mesa County, CO
- Grand County, UT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008077 |
| SAME | 049019 |
| UGC | COC077 |
| UGC | UTC019 |
- Polygons
- 38.94,-109.98 39.36,-109.09 39.33,-108.67 39.13,-108.73 39.15,-109.08 38.75,-109.86 38.94,-109.98