786  
WGUS45 KPUB 222241  
FLWPUB  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
441 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
COC079-105-109-230215-  
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MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-SAGUACHE CO-  
441 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN SAGUACHE, CENTRAL MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO  
GRANDE COUNTIES...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 PM MDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEVERAL  
STRUCTURES ARE FLOODED AND SOME SAND BAGGING OPERATIONS ARE  
CONTINUING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM  
CONTINUED RAINFALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 439 PM MDT, SOUTH FORK FIRE AND COLORADO STATE PATROL REPORT  
CONTINUED RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  
- WATER IS CURRENTLY NEAR HIGHWAY 160 AT WOLF CREEK RANCH AT MILE  
MARKER 177. SEVERAL HOMES ARE ALSO BEING FLOODED IN THE SOUTH  
FORK AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
DEL NORTE, SOUTH FORK, WAGON WHEEL GAP, WOLF CREEK PASS AND  
CREEDE.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3792 10697 3779 10712 3748 10682 3750 10634  
3769 10627 3787 10636 3791 10666  
 

 
 
KAM  
 
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