* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ISEXPECTED.

* WHERE...WESTERN ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO... SOUTHERN HINSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO... SOUTHERN LA PLATA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...

* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - AT 1212 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. - THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING STREAMS... VALLECITO CREEK, LA PLATA RIVER, ANIMAS RIVER AND MANY CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES THAT FEED INTO THESE RIVERS. - SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DURANGO, LA PLATA, FALFA, HESPERUS, BONDAD, BREEN, MAYDAY, KLINE, MARVEL, REDMESA AND VALLECITO. - HTTP: WWW.WEATHER.GOV SAFETY FLOOD