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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
729 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MESA CO-MONTROSE CO-GRAND UT-
729 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
WEST CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 615 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* 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.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 726 PM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SAN MIGUEL RIVER, DOLORES RIVER, AND COLORADO RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GATEWAY.
- 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 3868 10906 3872 10913 3881 10931 3887 10927
3877 10903 3868 10893 3838 10877 3835 10883
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