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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
720 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
UTC037-230330-
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SAN JUAN UT-
720 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH.
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 719 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.
- THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING STREAMS
ANDDRAINAGES...
FLORIDA RIVER, SPRING CREEK, UTE CREEK, SALT CREEK AND DRY CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG MCELMO CREEK BETWEEN CORTEZ AND ANETH.
- FLOODING IS ONGOING AT BARTLETT WASH AND HUNTERS CANYON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3786 11017 3797 10972 3790 10927 3767 10953
3723 10946 3700 10951 3700 11024 3729 11024
3732 11015 3724 11007 3723 11001 3720 11001
3719 10996 3721 10995 3724 10995 3726 11004
3730 11009 3733 11009 3732 11024 3749 11024
BGB
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