Flood Warning: Alamosa, CO

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Flood Warning — Alamosa, CO
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Flood Warning
for the following rivers in Colorado...

Rio Grande At Alamosa affecting Alamosa County.

For the Upper Rio Grande River...including Del Norte, Alamosa...Minor
flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rio Grande  at Alamosa.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Minor flooding. Minor agricultural flooding
in low lying areas along the river

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:30 PM MDT Saturday the stage was 5.9 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage tomorrow
afternoon to 9.4 feet early Monday morning. It will then fall to
flood stage early Tuesday morning. It will rise to 9.1 feet early
Wednesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Wednesday
morning.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 9.3
feet on 05/18/1944.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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