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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
531 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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CONEJOS CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
531 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WESTERN CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 527 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CREEKS, STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES FLOWING INTO CONEJOS RIVER, LA
JARA CREEK, ALAMOSA CREEK. MAIN STREAM RIVERS WILL RUN HIGH.
- SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO QUICK RUNOFF FROM ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3723 10668 3748 10668 3749 10634 3751 10623
3731 10615 3699 10609 3699 10647 3714 10659
3720 10660
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