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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
728 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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CONEJOS CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
728 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 1000 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 725 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...
CONEJOS RIVER, LA JARA CREEK, ALAMOSA CREEK AND THEIR
TRIBUTARIES.
- SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO CONTINUOUS RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS
THREATEN.
- 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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