Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Grand Junction, CO
Areas Affected: Montezuma, CO; San Juan, UT
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 10:51am MDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 10:51am MDT
Alert Expires: Tuesday 6:00am MDT
Event Onset: Sunday 10:51am MDT
Event Ends: Tuesday 6:00am MDT
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction CO
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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. The crest will occur around Aneth, Montezuma Creek and Bluff this afternoon and evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1034 AM MDT, At 9:30 AM MDT Sunday the stage for the San Juan river near Bluff 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. - 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
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8941c78c56646c68845dc0df12019ecf6fd1ddb5.001.1 Codes: COC083, UTC037 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8941c78c56646c68845dc0df12019ecf6fd1ddb5.001.1