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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
950 AM MDT Sat Oct 31 2026
...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.
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950 AM MDT Sat Oct 31 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING...
* 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
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LAT...LON 3727 10800 3711 10816 3701 10816 3701 10821
3713 10821 3727 10805
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