# Flood Warning: Bent, CO — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-10-02 15:25 ingested 2026-10-03 02:51

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Flood Warning — Bent, CO
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Observed.
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Colorado...

Purgatoire River Near Purgatoire R near Las Animas affecting Bent
County.

For the Purgatoire River...including Purgatoire near Las Animas...
Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Purgatoire River near Purgatoire R near Las Animas.

* WHEN...Until Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Moderate Flood. Moderate agricultural
flooding occurs in low lying areas along the river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:15 PM MDT Friday the stage was 8.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
this afternoon to a crest of 10.8 feet early tomorrow afternoon.
It will then fall below flood stage Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 10.5
feet on 08/19/2004.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.