Flood Warning

NWS Grand Junction CO · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-10-23 20:36:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 245 PM MDT This Afternoon

Event: Flood Warning
Issued: 2026-10-23 18:35:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-23 18:35:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-23 20:45:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-23 20:45:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Flooding caused by thunderstorms and excessive rainfall is ongoing or expected.

Where

West Central Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado... Southeastern San Juan County in southeastern Utah...

When

Until 245 PM MDT.

Impacts

Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring.

Additional details

- At 1235 PM MDT, gauge reports indicated heavy rain accumulations since Thursday. Flooding is ongoing in the warned area. Between 1.2 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Cortez and Aneth. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Affected areas

Montezuma County, CO
San Juan County, UT

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Grand Junction CO
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-10-23 18:36:04 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m5s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M5N0RY2R1YFD9FYE8974S01J
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e4b8cd3e1878757a96cbd521acb8f0687fc7c290.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Grand Junction CO
AWIPS ID: CAPGJT
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.1194
WMO heading: XOUS55
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 55

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c5e08ea6585686cf32784f047437454d3595a5f5.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 16:31:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b78e1d3319b04e75be9ebf297225c3f6fcb07f1a.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 14:21:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0cbba4ce8ccd2164617b93668028e19a2c71535a.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 12:32:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bf65062f7ef0674b7c2310d92bfd18b16aa631be.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 10:33:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ff478e8c9a57371b5e7aba0769aee601d7b69049.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 08:31:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e20db2ec2ba20a000d6bc130362ee85a32ea8431.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 06:31:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.712f6839c6d88e3c2f1d1735077424a67496a0b2.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 04:35:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d1616bea532703e8b3755c48a98fe0adbdb19a4d.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 02:38:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.02c61e03619a412ed6bcae2f4fdba67cdcfd6846.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-23 00:25:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5fa17913f61c21d39cf1882ea9e028b8b1b317c7.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-22 21:45:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FLW
NationalWeatherService	FAW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FLWGJT
WMOidentifier	WGUS45 KGJT 231835
NWSheadline	FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXT.KGJT.FA.W.0011.000000T0000Z-261023T2045Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-23T14:45:00-06:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Montezuma County, CO
San Juan County, UT

Name	Value
SAME	008083
SAME	049037
UGC	COC083
UGC	UTC037

Polygons: 37.33,-108.61 37.31,-108.6 37.29,-108.61 37.3,-108.8 37.3,-109.04 37.21,-109.15 37.2,-109.2 37.23,-109.2 37.28,-109.11 37.34,-109.05 37.35,-108.88 37.35,-108.73 37.33,-108.61