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Dolores County Emergency Alert System
Sunday January 1st, 2023 :: 05:10 p.m. MST

Alert

Avalanche Warning until 05:15PM Tuesday

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. ...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY 5 PM UNTIL TUESDAY 11 PM...

*WHAT...The Avalanche Danger will rise to HIGH (Level 5 of 5) on Monday

*WHERE...San Juan Mountains and La Plata Mountains.

*WHEN...In effect from Sunday evening through Tuesday night.

*IMPACTS...Heavy snow and strong winds have created very dangerous avalanche conditions in the backcountry. Large and dangerous avalanches will be very easy to trigger. Avalanches will run naturally potentially damaging structures and running all the way to valley floors. .

*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Travel in backcountry avalanche terrain is not recommended. Avoid travel on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche

* AFFECTED AREAS: UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE ... NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT

Address/Location
Dolores County Emergency Alert System
8477 Rd 7.7
Dove Creek, CO 81324

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 970-677-2929

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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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