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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
544 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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ARCHULETA CO-
544 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...ARCHULETA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 545 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. SEVERAL STRUCTURES ARE
FLOODED, AND NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IMPACTS
COUNTY WIDE. STREAMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS
RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 528 PM MDT, PUBLIC AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS
IMPACTS OF FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS ARCHULETA COUNTY. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAGOSA SPRINGS, LONETREE, CHIMNEY ROCK, JUANITA, GATO, PAGOSA
JUNCTION, CHROMO AND ARBOLES.
- THE SAN JUAN RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE, AND IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED
MAJOR FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS FLOOD
WARNING EXTENDS TO TRIBUTARIES, STREAMS, CREEKS AND LOW-LAND
AREAS BEYOND THE SAN JUAN RIVER.
- 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3742 10713 3739 10713 3739 10681 3740 10678
3740 10668 3723 10668 3720 10660 3714 10659
3702 10649 3699 10648 3699 10687 3700 10688
3700 10748 3742 10748
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