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Flood Warning issued October 22 at 3:17PM MDT until October 22 at 6:15PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

Flood Warning · Mineral, CO; Rio Grande, CO; Saguache, CO. Severe; likely; urgency: expected.

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 21:17 UTC
First saved by us: 22 October 2026 at 21:27 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 22 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source alert

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Issuer / area: NWS Pueblo CO · Mineral, CO; Rio Grande, CO; Saguache, CO
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Expected
Message expiry (not hazard end): 23 October 2026 at 00:15 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 21:17 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 00:15 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Southwestern Saguache, Central Mineral and Western Rio Grande Counties... * WHEN...Until 615 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 earlier rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 315 PM MDT, South Fork Fire reported heavy rain in the warned area. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. - 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

Instructions in this archived message

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 21:27 UTC

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22 October 2026 at 21:27 UTC

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Our first saved version of Flood Warning issued October 22 at 3:17PM MDT until October 22 at 6:15PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 21:17 UTC

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