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WGUS45 KGJT 221626
FLWGJT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1026 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION CO HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...
SAN JUAN RIVER AT PAGOSA SPRINGS AFFECTING ARCHULETA COUNTY.
FOR THE SAN JUAN RIVER...INCLUDING PAGOSA SPRINGS...MAJOR 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 LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT MDT.
COC007-230600-
/O.NEW.KGJT.FL.W.0001.261022T2149Z-261024T0400Z/
/PSPC2.3.ER.261022T2149Z.261023T1200Z.261023T2148Z.NO/
1026 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN RIVER AT PAGOSA SPRINGS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.7 FEET, FLOODING OF SOME RESIDENCES NEAR THE RIVER
AROUND PAGOSA SPRINGS IS POSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 13.8 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO 8.3 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT
WILL RISE TO 8.4 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3738 10682 3723 10698 3715 10701 3715 10708
3738 10700
KAA
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