Flood Advisory
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1 AM MDT Thursday
- 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
North Central Mesa County in west central Colorado...
When
Until 100 AM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
Additional details
- At 1000 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.6 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.4 to 0.8 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of North Central Mesa County. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Affected areas
- Mesa County, CO
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PRC9FXZ8EMDYQ6BGHT8S4Q
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.182b35dcf381ccf236f62556158019f1f7baf9b8.001.1
- 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.5670
- 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 170400 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGJT.FA.Y.0098.260917T0400Z-260917T0700Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T01:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mesa County, CO
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008077 |
| UGC | COC077 |
- Polygons
- 39.23,-108.35 39.26,-108.39 39.29,-108.5 39.28,-108.62 39.21,-108.68 39.17,-108.57 39.2,-108.49 39.2,-108.38 39.23,-108.35