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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Colorado
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List of Active Alerts by County
Central Yampa River Basin, Elkhead, Park Mountains, Upper Yampa River Basin, Flattops
flood advisory
Lower Yampa River Basin, Central Yampa River Basin, Elkhead, Park Mountains, Flattops
flood advisory
San Luis Valley Including Alamosa, Del Norte, Fort Garland, Saguache
red flag warning
South, East Jackson, Larimer, N
short term forecast
South, Southeast Grand, West C
short term forecast
West Jackson, West Grand Coun
short term forecast
Flood Advisory
Lower Yampa River Basin, Central Yampa River Basin, Elkhead, Park Mountains, Flattops (Colorado)
FLOOD STATEMENT COC081-100455- /O.NEW.KGJT.FL.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /YDLC2.N.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 1055 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 FORECAST INFORMATION FOR YAMPA RIVER AT DEERLODGE PARK. * AT 8:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 11.3 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. $$ FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SAT SUN MON YAMPA RIVER DEERLODGE 12 9.9 FRI 09 AM 11.1 9.3 8.8Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Advisory
Central Yampa River Basin, Elkhead, Park Mountains, Upper Yampa River Basin, Flattops (Colorado)
FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 105 PM MDT THU MAY 8 2008 COC107-091900- /X.NEW.KGJT.FA.Y.0002.080508T1905Z-080509T1900Z/ /00000.N.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 105 PM MDT THU MAY 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN... NORTHERN ROUTT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO... * UNTIL 100 PM MDT FRIDAY. * AT 105 PM MDT STREAMS CONTINUE TO REMAIN HIGH...AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND TODAY WILL HELP FLOWS REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL STAGE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN NORTHERN ROUTT COUNTY THROUGH FRIDAY MID DAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES SMALL STREAMS IN THE ELK RIVER BASIN AND ALONG THE UPPER ELKHEAD CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDING ELKHEAD...COTTON AND GREENVILLE CREEKS AND ALONG THE ELK RIVER. EXPECT WATER ON COUNTY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDING PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 62 AND ENCROACHING ON COUNTY ROAD 129. A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 4082 10700 4083 10683 4080 10672 4071 10672 4059 10673 4049 10737 4059 10735 4060 10728 4072 10724 TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 180DEG 0KT 4072 10691 $$ ASIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
West Jackson, West Grand Coun (Colorado)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1029 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 COZ031-033-034-091900- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1029 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 .NOW... ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 1 PM...MAINLY AFFECTING THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ GIMMESTADIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
South, East Jackson, Larimer, N (Colorado)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1029 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 COZ031-033-034-091900- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1029 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 .NOW... ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 1 PM...MAINLY AFFECTING THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ GIMMESTADIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
South, Southeast Grand, West C (Colorado)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1029 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 COZ031-033-034-091900- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1029 AM MDT FRI MAY 09 2008 .NOW... ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 1 PM...MAINLY AFFECTING THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ GIMMESTADIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Red Flag Warning
San Luis Valley Including Alamosa, Del Norte, Fort Garland, Saguache (Colorado)
RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 AM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON TO 9 PM... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...HAINES INDICES OF 5...AND PERSISTENT DRY CONDITIONS. COZ224-100145- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0013.080509T1800Z-080510T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0017.080509T1800Z-080510T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 337 AM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH...HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...HAINES INDICES OF 5...AND DRY FUELS COULD CREATE DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ HODANISHIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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