San Juan County Public Alerts, through the SJC Communications Authority, issued an IPAWS Extreme local-area emergency for San Juan County, New Mexico, at 16:55 UTC Monday (11:55 a.m. EST) headed La Plata River Evacuation Notice¹.

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System record listed Immediate urgency and Observed certainty and an expiration of 16:55 UTC Tuesday (11:55 a.m. EST Tuesday)¹. The desk copy of the wireless body was blank and did not name a mapped zone, shelters or crossing instructions¹.

KOAT, citing the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management, said flood warnings covered low-lying areas near the Animas, La Plata and San Juan rivers and that residents in those areas were asked to leave immediately³. The station listed McGee Park at the San Juan County Fairgrounds as temporary shelter, livestock at Cow House/4 Corners Stockyard, and pets at 109 East Pinon Street in Farmington³.

FOX 13 Salt Lake City, covering a different San Juan County in Utah, reported Cottonwood Wash flooding around Bluff, an overnight evacuation later lifted, and Monday school closures in the San Juan School District and at Montezuma Creek schools². That report did not mention the New Mexico La Plata River notice².