Flood Watch
NWS Grand Junction CO ยท US
Details
Flood Watch issued September 15 at 10:44AM MDT until September 18 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
A portion of southwest Colorado, including the following areas, Animas River Basin, Four Corners/Upper Dolores River, Northwest San Juan Mountains, San Juan River Basin and Southwest San Juan Mountains.
When
From Wednesday afternoon through Thursday evening.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. This also includes the Gold Mountain, Elk and Ferris burn scars as well as areas of steep, susceptible terrain.
Additional details
- Recent heavy rainfall in southwest Colorado has led to already saturated ground. In addition, multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday afternoon through Thursday evening producing periods of heavy rainfall and potential flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Northwestern San Juan Mountains
- Southwest San Juan Mountains
- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River
- Animas River Basin
- San Juan River Basin
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Junction CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2JZ9687XDW2D6DG7BP25CTR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5fab9643e3a105bb494916d71c9465f4db584413.001.1
- 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.6538
- 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 | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFAGJT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KGJT 151644 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGJT.FA.A.0007.260916T1800Z-260918T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T00:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northwestern San Juan Mountains
- Southwest San Juan Mountains
- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River
- Animas River Basin
- San Juan River Basin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008051 |
| SAME | 008053 |
| SAME | 008085 |
| SAME | 008091 |
| SAME | 008113 |
| SAME | 008007 |
| SAME | 008033 |
| SAME | 008067 |
| SAME | 008083 |
| SAME | 008111 |
| UGC | COZ018 |
| UGC | COZ019 |
| UGC | COZ021 |
| UGC | COZ022 |
| UGC | COZ023 |