San Juan County Public Alerts, through the SJC Communications Authority, issued an IPAWS Extreme local-area emergency for San Juan County, New Mexico, at 12:49 UTC Monday (7:49 a.m. EST) headed San Juan River Evacuation Notice¹.

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System record listed Immediate urgency, Observed certainty and an expiration of 12:49 UTC Tuesday¹. The desk copy of the wireless body was blank¹.

KOAT, citing the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management, reported evacuation orders for the San Juan River from Hogback to the Four Corners, for people living within a half mile of the Animas, La Plata and San Juan rivers in the county, and for areas along the Animas and San Juan from the New Mexico-Colorado line to where the rivers meet in Farmington². The station said flood warnings covered low-lying areas near those rivers, that drivers should turn around at low-water crossings, and that Farmington, Bloomfield and Shiprock-area schools were closed Monday².

KOAT said people needing temporary shelter could go to McGee Park at the San Juan County Fairgrounds, livestock to Cow House/4 Corners Stockyard, and pets to a temporary shelter at 109 East Pinon Street in Farmington². The IPAWS desk record did not name those sites^1,2.

Sources

1. 200830,San Juan County Public Alerts,SJC Communications AuthoritySan Juan River Evacuation Notice7:49 AM
2. KOATEvacuation orders issued for portions of San Juan County8:30 AM

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