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WGUS45 KGJT 141031
FLWGJT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
431 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2025
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...
SAN JUAN RIVER AT PAGOSA SPRINGS AFFECTING ARCHULETA COUNTY.
FOR THE SAN JUAN RIVER...INCLUDING PAGOSA SPRINGS...MODERATE
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS WARRANTED. THIS EVENING AT 915
PM MDT.
COC007-150315-
/O.EXT.KGJT.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-251015T0310Z/
/PSPC2.3.ER.251013T2257Z.251014T1000Z.251014T2110Z.NO/
431 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN RIVER AT PAGOSA SPRINGS.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, WATER WILL APPROACH THE AREA AROUND THE
RIVER CENTER SHOPPING COMPLEX IN PAGOSA SPRINGS. INUNDATION OF
SECTIONS OF HERMOSA STREET AND LOW LAND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 12.4 FEET, PORTIONS OF THE SAN JUAN
RIVER CAMPGROUND EAST OF PAGOSA SPRINGS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM MDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:00 AM MDT TUESDAY WAS 12.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.5 FEET ON 06/29/1927.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3738 10682 3723 10698 3715 10701 3715 10708
3738 10700
TGR
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