Minor river flooding along San Juan River at Farmington

Heard on: Farmington Area NOAA Weather Radio WXJ37

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Flood warning now in effect until this evening.

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What? Minor flooding continues.

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Where? San Juan River at Farmington.When? Until this evening.

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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.

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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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Bank full stage is 7.0 ft .

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Forecast: The river will fall below flood stage to 8.1 ft later this afternoon and continue falling overnight.

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Flood stage is 8.5 ft .

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HTP/Slash/Slash/W/W/W/Weather/Go.

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Gov/safety flood repeating the river flood warning has been extended until 06:00 p.m.

2026-10-25 23:46 UTC

Road Closure

PPGX+HQ, Farmington, NM 87401

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a repeated flood warning for the San Juan River near Farmington, with minor flooding and overbank flow continuing downstream toward Shiprock until 6:00 p.m. The river level is expected to fall below flood stage later in the afternoon and overnight.