Flood Advisory for Eagle, CO
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What is happening
What: Hydrologic flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. Impacts: Water over roadways. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. Where: East Central Eagle County in west central Colorado, including Interstate 70... When: Until 745 PM MDT.
What the bulletin says to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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Bulletin details
* WHAT...Hydrologic flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...East Central Eagle County in west central Colorado, including Interstate 70... * WHEN...Until 745 PM MDT. * IMPACTS...Water over roadways. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 451 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is already occurring in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 0.8 inches of rain have fallen. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Avon, Vail, Minturn, Edwards, Eagle-Vail and Dowd. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Flood Advisory issued August 12 at 4:51PM MDT until August 12 at 7:45PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Grand Junction CO. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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