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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
838 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
838 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 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 1045 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 837 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.
- 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
BGB
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