Flood Warning issued October 31 at 9:50AM MDT until November 2 at 11:00AM MST by NWS Grand Junction CO
- Level
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- Region
- North America
- Category
- Weather
- Source
- NWS / NOAA weather
...The National Weather Service in Grand Junction CO has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Colorado...
La Plata River at Hesperus affecting La Plata County.
For the La Plata River...including Hesperus...Minor flooding is
forecast.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/gjt.
The next statement will be issued Monday morning at 900 AM MST.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of
record.
* WHERE...La Plata River at Hesperus.
* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to Monday morning.
* Additional Details...
- At 9:30 AM MDT Saturday the stage was 4.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 5.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage Sunday
evening to a crest of 5.8 feet late Sunday evening. It will then
fall below flood stage early Monday morning.
- Flood stage is 5.5 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 5.8
feet on 05/21/2005.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- This month
- 1641st Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days
Source: NWS / NOAA weather