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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
143 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
143 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH ALONG THE SAN
JUAN RIVER FROM THE FOUR CORNERS TO LAKE POWELL...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. THE SAN JUAN RIVER WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT.
PROJECTED PEAK WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 143 PM MDT, RIVER FORECASTS ESTIMATE A PEAK ON THE SAN JUAN
RIVER NEAR BLUFF TO EXCEED 25 FEET TONIGHT, WITH A SECONDARY PEAK
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED
HIGH ACCUMULATIONS OF RAINFALL SINCE THURSDAY. FLOODING IS
ONGOING IN THE WARNED AREA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TOHACHE WASH, SAN JUAN RIVER, TOH DAHSTINI WASH AND COWBOY WASH.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- 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.
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
ERW
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