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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
846 AM MDT THU OCT 1 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...
PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR PURGATOIRE R NEAR LAS ANIMAS AFFECTING BENT
COUNTY.
FOR THE PURGATOIRE RIVER...INCLUDING PURGATOIRE NEAR LAS ANIMAS...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 900 PM MDT.
COC011-020300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FL.W.0002.261001T1446Z-261004T1500Z/
/LAPC2.1.ER.261001T1438Z.261002T0000Z.261004T0300Z.UU/
846 AM MDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR PURGATOIRE R NEAR LAS ANIMAS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MINOR FLOOD. MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING
OCCURS INTO LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
MORNING TO 10.5 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 9.5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.5
FEET ON 08/19/2004.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3803 10327 3807 10323 3810 10319 3805 10313
3801 10317 3798 10321
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