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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
835 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
835 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM 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 100 PM MDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING ALONG SAN JUAN RIVER IS OCCURRING WITH 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 830 PM MDT, MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE SAN
JUAN RIVER FROM FOUR CORNERS TO MEXICAN HAT. THE SAN JUAN RIVER
IS FORECAST TO CREST AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT THE FOUR CORNERS,
REACHING MONTEZUMA CREEK AROUND 5 AM MDT SUNDAY, CRESTING BETWEEN
BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAKING AT MEXICAN HAT
BY 5 PM SUNDAY EVENING AROUND 36 FEET WHICH WILL EXCEED ALL TIME
RECORD LEVELS. THE SAN JUAN RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MODERATE
FLOOD STAGE, PEAKING ABOVE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AT MEXICAN HAT BY 5
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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