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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
641 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
641 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN MINERAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ROCK FALLS ARE
OCCURING IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 639 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WOLF CREEK PASS AND THE CREEKS AND STREAMS FLOWING INTO THE SAN
JUAN RIVER.
- HIGHWAY 160 OVER WOLF CREEK PASS IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
- 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 3749 10671 3749 10664 3740 10664 3740 10671
3739 10687 3739 10713 3760 10713 3763 10712
3768 10712 3768 10714 3779 10714 3780 10711
3750 10681
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