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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
728 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
728 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MDT MONDAY
* WHAT...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE SAN JUAN RIVER BETWEEN FOUR CORNERS AND MEXICAN
HAT. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION!
* WHERE...WESTERN MONTEZUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM MDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING ALONG SAN JUAN RIVER IS OCCURRING WITH NEAR
MAJOR FLOODING FORECAST. 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 726 PM MDT, THE SAN JUAN RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST AROUND 1
AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING AT THE FOUR CORNERS, REACHING MONTEZUMA
CREEK AROUND 6 AM MDT SUNDAY, CRESTING BETWEEN BLUFF AND MEXICAN
HAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAKING AT MEXICAN HAT BY 7 PM SUNDAY
EVENING AROUND 31 FEET. THE SAN JUAN RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO
MODERATE FLOOD STAGE, PEAKING JUST BELOW MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AT
MEXICAN HAT BY 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING.
- 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.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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
MDA
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