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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
649 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...
RIO GRANDE NEAR DEL NORTE AFFECTING RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE RIVER...INCLUDING DEL NORTE...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING AT 700 AM MDT.
COC105-231300-
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/DNRC2.1.ER.261023T1330Z.261024T0000Z.261025T1200Z.UU/
649 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO GRANDE NEAR DEL NORTE.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, MINOR FLOOD. CONSIDERABLE AGRICULTURAL
FLOODING OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 PM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 6.0 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 5.9
FEET ON 06/09/1985.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3772 10646 3772 10636 3767 10621 3762 10627
3765 10636 3765 10646
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