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Town of Center, CO
Monday December 26th, 2022 :: 04:33 p.m. MST

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Avalanche Warning until 09:45AM Thursday

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. AVALANCHE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4:30 PM MONDAY UNTIL 8 AM THURSDAY

*WHAT Dangerous avalanche conditions are DEVELOPING. Expect the Avalanche Danger to rise to HIGH (Level 4 of 5) by Wednesday afternoon.

*WHERE Park Range, Elkhead Mountains, Flat Top Mountains, Ruby Range, Elk Mountains south of divide, West Elk Mountains, Gand Mesa, San Juan Mountains, San Miguel Mountains, Rico Mountains, La Garita Mountains, La Plata Mountains, Needle Mountains, Grenadier Range

*WHEN Expect dangerous avalanche conditions to begin on Wednesday by about 8:00 AM and last through Thursday at 8:00 AM.

*IMPACTS Heavy snow and strong winds will create dangerous avalanche conditions by Wednesday afternoon. Large and dangerous avalanches will be easy to trigger once the new snow accumualtes. Avalanches will run naturally. Lazar

* AFFECTED AREAS: ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS ... GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS ... WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ... FLAT TOPS ... NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT ... UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT ... EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT

Address/Location
Town of Center, CO
294 S Worth St
Center, CO 81125

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 719-754-3497

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Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Unknown - Urgency not known
Certainty:
Unknown
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Avalanche Warning

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