NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued October 22 at 4:41PM MDT until October 22 at 8:15PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO
* 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
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2304th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days