Flood Advisory
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1045 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
Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Northeastern San Miguel County in southwestern Colorado...
When
Until 1045 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
Additional details
- At 744 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding. Between 0.3 and 0.6 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sawpit, Placerville and Fall Creek. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Highway 145 between Norwood Hill and Sawpit is prone to rockslides and mudslides in heavy rain. Stay alert for rocks and debris on roads, and avoid driving on flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- San Miguel County, CO
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PGMWQFWNWJG345P7KN6CMT
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1d974ae6679577bb355549a5f3192f611e0e377b.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.2674
- 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 170145 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGJT.FA.Y.0097.260917T0145Z-260917T0445Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T22:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- San Miguel County, CO
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008113 |
| UGC | COC113 |
- Polygons
- 37.93,-107.96 37.97,-107.93 38.02,-107.99 38.05,-108.04 38.07,-108.07 38.08,-108.13 38.05,-108.18 38.01,-108.13 37.99,-108.08 37.99,-108.07 37.93,-107.96