Flood Warning: Alamosa, CO

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

Rio Grande At Alamosa affecting Alamosa County.

For the Upper Rio Grande...including Alamosa...Minor flooding is
forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rio Grande at Alamosa.

* WHEN...From this evening to Tuesday afternoon.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:30 PM MDT Sunday the stage was 8.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this
evening to a crest of 9.6 feet tomorrow morning. It will then
fall below flood stage early Tuesday morning.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 9.9
feet on 06/05/1948.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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