Weather Alert: Flood Watch

Flood Watch issued October 1 at 11:49AM MDT until October 1 at 12:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

Area: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft; Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft; Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet; Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft; Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft; Crowley County; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Eastern Las Animas County; Western Kiowa County; Eastern Kiowa County; Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County; Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County; Springfield Vicinity/Baca County

Severity: Severe
Urgency: Future
Certainty: Possible

Effective: Oct 1, 2026 11:49 am MDT
Starts: Oct 1, 2026 11:49 am MDT
Ends: Oct 1, 2026 12:00 pm MDT
NWS product expires: Oct 1, 2026 1:00 pm MDT

Affected Area Map

Approximate affected forecast zones from National Weather Service data. Hazard color follows the National Weather Service hazards map color table.

Details

The Flood Watch will expire for portions of central and southeast
Colorado, including the following areas, in central Colorado, Canon
City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County and Western/Central Fremont
County Below 8500 Feet. In southeast Colorado, Crowley County,
Eastern Kiowa County, Eastern Las Animas County, La Junta
Vicinity/Otero County, Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County, Las Animas
Vicinity/Bent County, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000
Feet, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000
Feet, Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet, Southern Sangre
de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet, Southern Sangre de Cristo
Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet, Springfield Vicinity/Baca
County, Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet,
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet,
Western Kiowa County, Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet, Wet
Mountains Above 10000 Feet and Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000
Feet.

The flash flooding threat has ended. Therefore, the Flood Watch will
expire at noon MDT today.

Source: National Weather Service.