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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
345 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
345 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 342 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITHIN
THE LAST 24 HOURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG MCELMO CREEK BETWEEN CORTEZ AND ANETH.
- 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 AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3730 10904 3721 10915 3720 10920 3723 10920
3728 10911 3734 10905 3735 10888 3735 10873
3733 10861 3731 10860 3729 10861 3730 10880
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