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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ONGOING
* WHERE...WESTERN MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 AM MDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING ALONG SAN JUAN RIVER IS OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSING ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. THE
RIVER IS RUNNING FAST AND HIGH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 342 PM MDT, THE SAN JUAN RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST TONIGHT
AROUND MIDNIGHT BETWEEN BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT. A SECOND RISE AND
HIGHER CREST IS FORECAST ALONG THE SAN JUAN RIVER, PEAKING AT
MEXICAN HAT SUNDAY MONDAY.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SAN JUAN RIVER
- 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3729 11024 3730 11014 3720 11001 3721 10995
3724 10995 3730 11007 3733 11024 3729 11064
3739 11020 3721 10982 3734 10949 3723 10915
3700 10895 3700 10914 3721 10943 3709 10992
3725 11028
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