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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1253 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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OURAY CO-SAN JUAN CO-SAN MIGUEL CO-
1253 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL OURAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1250 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS SO ANY HEAVY RAINFALL
ON ALREADY SATURATED AREAS COULD RESULT IN ROCKSLIDES OR
MUDSLIDES IN ALREADY STEEP TERRAIN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TELLURIDE, MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, OURAY, OPHIR, CAMP BIRD, BLACK BEAR
PASS AND RED MTN.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN CAN BECOME DANGEROUS IN
HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3782 10785 3800 10783 3803 10768 3798 10765
3785 10767
MDA
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