NWS: Local Residential Flooding is Possible in La Junta June 23, 2023

Description: The National Weather Service Office of Pueblo has Continued the Flood Warning for the La Junta Area... Image Courtesy of NOAA...

NWS: Local Residential Flooding is Possible in La Junta June 23, 2023 

Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 533 AM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Colorado...

Arkansas River Near Nepesta affecting Pueblo County.

Arkansas River At La Junta affecting Otero County.

Arkansas River Near Fowler affecting Otero and Crowley Counties.

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Colorado...

Arkansas River NEAR Avondale affecting Pueblo County.

For the Lower Arkansas River...including Pueblo, Avondale, Nepesta, Fowler, Rocky Ford, La Junta, Lamar...Minor flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. 

533 AM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Arkansas River At La Junta.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to late Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Moderate Flood. Local residential flooding is possible in La Junta.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 5:15 AM MDT Friday the stage was 10.2 feet.

- Forecast...The river will fall to 10.1 feet this morning. It will then rise above flood stage this afternoon to 13.3 feet tomorrow morning. It will fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening to 9.5 feet Monday evening then rise again.

- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.

- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.4 feet on 06/12/2015. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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