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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
625 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
625 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 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 623 PM MDT, RIVER GAGES INDICATE HIGH FLOW THROUGH MCELMO
CANYON AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
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 3733 10861 3731 10860 3729 10861 3730 10880
3730 10904 3721 10915 3720 10920 3723 10920
3728 10911 3734 10905 3735 10888 3735 10873
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