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San Juan County, N.M., issues Extreme alert as Animas River rises
San Juan County Public Alerts issued a second IPAWS Extreme local-area emergency Friday headed SAN JUAN RIVER RISING for San Juan County, New Mexico, after an earlier ANIMAS RIVER RISING send.
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San Juan County Public Alerts, through the SJC Communications Authority, issued Integrated Public Alert and Warning System local-area emergencies for San Juan County, New Mexico, on Friday1.
The first send was coded as a civil local-area emergency (LAE) with Extreme severity, Immediate urgency and Observed certainty, headed ANIMAS RIVER RISING1. The IPAWS record listed a 1:57 p.m. UTC issue time Friday (7:57 a.m. MDT) and a 4:57 p.m. UTC expiration Friday (10:57 a.m. MDT)1.
A later send, also LAE with Extreme severity, Immediate urgency and Observed certainty, was headed SAN JUAN RIVER RISING. That record listed a 3:01 p.m. UTC issue time Friday (9:01 a.m. MDT) and a 6:01 p.m. UTC expiration Friday (12:01 p.m. MDT).
The desk records for both sends did not include wireless body text, river stages, road closures or shelter instructions1. The sender on both was listed as San Juan County Public Alerts and the SJC Communications Authority1.
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