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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1007 AM MDT SUN OCT 25 2026
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MONTEZUMA CO-SAN JUAN UT-
1007 AM MDT SUN OCT 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY
* 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 600 AM MDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...MAJOR FLOODING ALONG SAN JUAN RIVER IS OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1002 AM MDT, AT 9:30 AM MDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 43.6 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 32.0
FEET ON 09/10/1927.
- 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.
LAT...LON 3729 11024 3730 11014 3720 11001 3721 10995
3724 10995 3730 11007 3733 11009 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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