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WGUS85 KPUB 141454
FLSPUB
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
854 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2025
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MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
854 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2025
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM MDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...THE COLORADO STATE PATROL AND CDOT HAVE REPORTED LARGE
AMOUNTS OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157
THROUGH 185. HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN PAGOSA SPRINGS AND SOUTH FORK HAS
BEEN CLOSED. IN ADDITION, THE RIO GRANDE RIVER IN SOUTH FORK IS
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SEVERAL HOMES IN SOUTH FORK HAVE BEEN FLOODED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, MINERAL AND RIO GRANDE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1130 AM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 848 AM MDT, FLOOD REPORTS WERE FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS IN SOUTH FORK ALONG WITH CDOT AND COLORADO STATE
PATROL PERSONNEL
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
HOPE CREEK, PASS CREEK, SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE, PARK CREEK,
WEST FORK PARK CREEK, GRANDE, RIO, TROUT CREEK, BURRO CREEK,
TREASURE CREEK, QUARTZ CREEK, LANE CREEK, LAKE CREEK, KITTY
CREEK, BEAR CREEK, FALL CREEK, CRATER CREEK, DECKER CREEK,
SIERRA CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, WOLF CREEK, ALDER CREEK, KELLY
CREEK, ARCHULETA CREEK, SAN JUAN RIVER, WEST FORK SAN JUAN
RIVER AND CROSS CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTH FORK AND WOLF CREEK PASS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3740 10673 3740 10675 3739 10687 3739 10688
3739 10694 3739 10696 3755 10692 3766 10671
3769 10665 3768 10656 3758 10662 3740 10671
HODANISH
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