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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
733 PM MDT Tue May 6 2025

...The National Weather Service in Pueblo CO has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Colorado...

  Arkansas River NEAR Arkansas R near Avondale affecting Pueblo
  County.

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

For the Lower Arkansas River...including Arkansas R near Avondale...
Minor flooding is forecast.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Wednesday morning at 745 AM MDT.

&&

COC101-071345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FL.W.0001.250507T1800Z-250508T1300Z/
/ADLC2.1.ER.250507T1800Z.250508T0000Z.250508T0100Z.NO/
733 PM MDT Tue May 6 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY
MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Arkansas River near Arkansas R near Avondale.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding occurs near Avondale.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:15 PM MDT Tuesday the stage was 4.7 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 5.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 7.1 feet tomorrow
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow
    evening.
  - Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    7.8 feet on 04/24/1942.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3829 10441 3829 10434 3827 10425 3820 10425
      3822 10434 3822 10441


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COC011-071345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FL.W.0002.250507T1930Z-250510T1030Z/
/LAPC2.1.ER.250507T1930Z.250509T0000Z.250509T2230Z.UU/
733 PM MDT Tue May 6 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

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

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon to early Saturday morning.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:15 PM MDT Tuesday the stage was 3.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 11.9 feet Thursday
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday
    afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    12.0 feet on 05/03/1999.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3803 10327 3807 10323 3810 10319 3805 10313
      3801 10317 3798 10321


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