Flood Warning
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until Noon MDT Today
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Southern Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado...
When
Until noon MDT Friday.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable.
Additional details
- At 1201 AM MDT, Doppler radar and gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. - This includes the following streams and drainages... East Mancos River, West Mancos River, Middle Mancos River, Ute Canyon, West Fork Mud Creek, Lewis Creek, Lost Canyon Creek, East Canyon, and Mancos River. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mancos and Mesa Verde Natl Park. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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
- Montezuma County, CO
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5KNKSJTXRNW5JVQA3X7M86G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e4b61b6755353b5697b2bae251afeae25e693ad6.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- 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.17
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWGJT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KGJT 230601 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGJT.FA.W.0018.261023T0601Z-261023T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-23T12:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Montezuma County, CO
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008083 |
| UGC | COC083 |
- Polygons
- 37.46,-108.29 37.44,-108.18 37.17,-108.35 37.04,-108.52 37.0,-108.89 37.0,-108.97 37.05,-108.97 37.16,-108.52 37.47,-108.31 37.46,-108.29