Record river flooding on San Juan River at Shiprock
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Farmington Area NOAA Weather Radio WXJ37
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Flood warning remains in effect until late Sunday night.
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What? Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
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Where? San Juan River at Shiprock.When ? Until late Sunday night.
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Impacts? Catastrophic flooding of the San Juan River at and near Shiprock will continue overnight.
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Additional details? There is no current.
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Observe data.
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The river has likely crested and will slowly recede through Sunday.
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Bank full stage is 13.5 feet.
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Forecast: The river is expected to fall below flood stage Sunday evening and continue falling through early week.
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Flood stage is 15.5 feet.
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Flood history: This is the highest river stage on record.
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HTP/WWWD.
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Weather.gov/safety flood repeating a river flood warning remains in effect until 03:00 a.m.
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mountain daylight time Monday for the following county: San Juan, New Mexico.
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Issued at 11:06 p.m.
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mountain daylight time.
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Flood warning remains in effect until Sunday afternoon.
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What? Minor flooding is forecast.
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Where? San Juan River at Farmington.When? Until Sunday afternoon.
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Impacts at 8.5 ft .
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Overbank flow is occurring from just below the confluence of the Animas and San Juan rivers at Farmington and continuing down river through Shiprock.
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At this water level, the fast flow can result in river bank erosion but otherwise minor flood damage.
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Additional details: There is no current observed data.
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The river has crested and will generally continue to fall through Sunday.
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Bank full stage is 7.0 ft .
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Forecast: The river will fall to near flood stage just after midnight tonight.
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It will then rise to 9.2 ft early Sunday morning.
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It will then fall below flood stage around midday Sunday.
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Flood stage is 8.5 ft .
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The San Juan River at Farmington has crested at an all-time record stage Friday.
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Www.weather.gov/safety flood.
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Repeating, a river flood warning remains in effect until 01:00 p.m.
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Mountain daylight time Sunday for the following county: San Juan, New Mexico.
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Now from the forecast office in Albuquerque, here are the 09:00 a.m.
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observations in the four corners area.
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At the Farmington airport, it was cloudy.
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The temperature was forty-eight degrees with a dew point of forty-six.
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Relative humidity was 93%.
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Wind southeast at 13 miles an hour.
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The pressure was 30.22 inches and rising.
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Durango, cloudy, temperature 47.
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Cortez, partly sunny, 41 degrees.
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Galvest, partly sunny, temperature 44.
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Window Rock, partly sunny, 41 degrees.
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Elsewhere around the region.
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Denver, partly sunny, temperature.
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Picture 41,
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Grand Junction Fair, 48 degrees.
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Degrees.
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Las Cruces, fair, temperature 58.
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Once again in Farmington, cloudy and the temperature was 48 degrees.
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Wind southeast at 13 miles an hour.
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Forecast for Farmington and the northwest plateau for today, partly cloudy.
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A chance of rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
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Highs in the upper 50s.
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Chance of rain.
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Fifty percent for tonight, mostly clear.
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A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
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Lows in the upper thirties.
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Chance of rain 20 % for Monday.
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Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
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Highs around 60 .
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Southeast winds ten to 15 mph in the afternoon.
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And for Monday night, mostly clear.
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Lows in the mid-30s.
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East winds 10 to 15 miles per hour after midnight.
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In the forecast for Durango and Southern La Plata County for today, rain showers likely.
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A slight chance of thunderstorms.
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Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning.
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Highs in the lower to mid fifties.
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Chance of rain 70 % .
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For tonight, partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
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Then mostly clear with a slight chance of rain showers after.
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For midnight,
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lows in the thirties.
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Chance of rain 40 % .
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For Monday, mostly sunny.
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Highs in the fifties.
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And for Monday night, mostly clear.
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Lows in the thirties.
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You are listening to station WXJ 37 broadcasting on a frequency of 162.475 mhz over northwestern New Mexico and extreme.
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Southwestern Colorado,
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programming for this station originates from the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Issued at 11:01 p.m.
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mountain daylight time.
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Flood warning remains in effect until late Sunday night.
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What? Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is for.
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Where San Juan River at Shiprock.When until late Sunday night.
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Impacts catastrophic flooding of the San Juan River at and near Shiprock will continue overnight.
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Additional details: There is no current observed data.
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The river has likely crested and will slowly recede through Sunday.
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Bank full stage is 13.5 feet.
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Forecast: The river is.
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Expected to fall below flood stage Sunday evening and continue falling through early week.
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Flood stage is 15.5 ft .
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Flood history: This is the highest river stage on record.
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HTP/Slash/Slash/W/W/W/Weather/Period/Gov/Slash/Safety Flood repeating.
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A river flood warning remains in effect until 03:00 a.m.
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Mountain daylight time Monday for the following county: San Juan, New Mexico.
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