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Rio Grande County, Colorado, orders evacuation from Wolf Creek Ranch to Fun Valley
A National Weather Service local-area emergency issued at 9:46 p.m. MDT Thursday told people from Wolf Creek Ranch to Fun Valley in Colorado to evacuate now because of flooding; a later NWS pre-evacuation notice covered South Fork east to Shaw Creek Rest area.
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Primary sources: National Weather Service / Rio Grande County local-area emergency, National Weather Service pre-evacuation notice, South Fork east to Shaw Creek Rest area
The National Weather Service posted a local-area emergency at 9:46 p.m. MDT Thursday, Oct. 22, for Wolf Creek Ranch to Southfork in Rio Grande County, Colorado, telling people from Wolf Creek Ranch to Fun Valley to evacuate immediately1.
The alert, sent through the NWS feed from Rio Grande County ([email protected]), was coded as a civil local-area emergency (LAE) with severe severity and observed certainty1.
Wireless emergency text accompanying the alert described a flood warning and said: "Evacuate NOW! Wolf Creek Ranch to Fun Valley. Temporary Shelter at the South Fork Community Building if needed"1. A shorter version told people to move to higher ground and use the South Fork Community Center if needed1.
The posting listed an expiration of 10:46 p.m. MDT Thursday1. No independent news outlet had a matching report when this brief was filed. The cause of the flooding, the number of people affected and whether anyone was injured were not stated in the alert1.
At 10:19 p.m. MDT Thursday, the National Weather Service posted a separate pre-evacuation notice, also coded as a local-area emergency, for the Town of South Fork east to the Shaw Creek Rest area in Colorado. The notice listed severe severity, expected urgency and observed certainty, and an expiration of 12:19 a.m. MDT Friday.