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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1113 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-
1113 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SAN
JUAN RIVER DOWN TO THE NAVAJO RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1107 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST 24
HOURS. EXCESS RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE SAN JUAN RIVER
TO RISE DOWNSTREAM TO THE NAVAJO RIVER, POTENTIALLY INUNDATING
HOMES.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SAN JUAN RIVER, BLANCO, RIO, MONTEZUMA CREEK AND NAVAJO RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JUANITA AND GATO.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3715 10708 3710 10707 3707 10711 3706 10715
3703 10718 3701 10713 3709 10703 3715 10701
MDA
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