Flood Warning · Flood · La Plata County · 2h ago
Western Slope · Colorado
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The Flood Advisory has been cancelled and is no longer in effect.
Between Exit 97: Silt (2 miles east of the Silt area) and Exit 105: New Castle (near New Castle) from Mile Point 101.5 to Mile Point 105. The roadway is reopened to traffic.
At 726 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 24 miles south of Grand Junction, moving west at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Delta and south central Mesa Counties. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado between mile markers 48 and 66. Colorado 141 between mile markers 137 and 144.
* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of west central Colorado, including the following counties, Delta and Mesa. * WHEN...Until 1015 PM MDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 714 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 0.7 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... mainly rural areas of Southwestern Delta and Southeastern Mesa Counties - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
At 701 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 8 miles west of Delta, or 24 miles northwest of Montrose, moving south at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Delta. This includes U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado between mile markers 53 and 71.
At 658 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southwest of Collbran, or 25 miles east of Grand Junction, moving southwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Skyway. This includes Colorado 65 between mile markers 24 and 49.
The Flood Advisory will expire at 7 PM MDT this evening for a portion of northwest Colorado, including the following area, Eagle. Excess runoff from heavy rain has ended over the warned area. If flooding has been observed...Please report it to your local law enforcement agency. Urban and small stream flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
At 633 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 18 miles north of New Castle to near Rifle to 13 miles south of Silt. Movement was west at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Rifle, Silt, Parachute, Rio Blanco, and Battlement Mesa. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 65 and 98. Colorado 13 between mile markers 1 and 29.
At 626 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Collbran, or 27 miles east of Grand Junction, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Collbran, Mesa, and Molina. This includes Colorado 65 between mile markers 48 and 56.
At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles south of Crawford, or 17 miles east of Montrose, moving west at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Cimmaron, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado between mile markers 102 and 115. Colorado 92 between mile markers 46 and 56.
* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Clear Creek County in central Colorado... Central Summit County in central Colorado... South Central Grand County in north central Colorado... * WHEN...Until 730 PM MDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry creeks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 605 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This may cause small stream flooding. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Silverthorne, Berthoud Falls and Berthoud Pass.