River flood warning for La Plata River at Hesperus

Heard on: Farmington Area NOAA Weather Radio WXJ37

01:09

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Flood warning now in effect until this evening.

00:04

What? Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

00:08

This approaches the flood of record.

00:11

Where? La Plata River at

00:15

Hesperus.When? Until this evening.

00:17

Additional details.

00:19

At 10:30 a.m.

00:20

Mountain Standard Time Monday the stage was 5.8 feet.

00:24

Bank full stage is 5.0 feet.

00:26

Recent.

00:28

Activity the maximum river stage in the 24 h ending at 10:30 a.m.

00:33

Mountain Standard Time Monday was 5.8 ft .

00:36

Forecast the river is expected to fall below flood stage this afternoon and continue falling below action stage by Tuesday morning.

00:45

Flood stage is 5.5 ft .

00:48

Flood history this crest compares to a previous crest of 5.8 ft on May 21st 2005 .

00:56

HTTP/Slash/Slash/W/W/W/Weather/Slash/Safety/Flood.

01:02

Repeating, the river flood warning has been extended until 11:00 p.m.

01:06

Mountain Standard Time for the following county: La Plata, Colorado.

2026-11-02 23:08 UTC

Flooding

CO-140, Hesperus, CO 81326

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, a flood warning was reported for the La Plata River at Hesperus, with minor flooding occurring and additional minor flooding forecast. The warning was said to remain in effect through the evening, with an extension reported until late evening.