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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
939 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
939 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WESTERN MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 AM 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 937 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TOH DAHSTINI WASH, TOHACHE WASH, SAN JUAN RIVER AND COWBOY WASH.
RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT, AND
ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEXICAN HAT, TSELAKAI DEZZA, BLUFF, HALCHITA, MONTEZUMA CREEK 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.
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 3729 11064 3739 11020 3721 10982 3734 10949
3723 10915 3700 10895 3700 10914 3721 10943
3709 10992 3724 11019 3722 11028 3725 11028
3729 11024 3730 11013 3720 11001 3721 10995
3724 10995 3730 11007 3733 11024 3726 11064
BGB
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