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Flood Watch

Until Sep 25, 12:00 AM MDT

Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

COSevereFuturePossibleIn force from Sep 23, 6:19 PM MDT, updated Sep 23, 6:19 PM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

* WHERE...Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet.

* WHEN...Through Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Repeated rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall this week will saturate soils and increase the widespread potential for flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

What to do

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

Flood Watch

Until Sep 25, 6:00 AM MDT

Southwest San Juan Mountains; Animas River Basin; San Juan River Basin

COSevereFuturePossibleIn force from Sep 23, 12:00 PM MDT, updated Sep 23, 11:21 AM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

* WHERE...A portion of southwest Colorado, including the following areas, San Juan River Basin and Southwest San Juan Mountains.

* WHEN...Through late Thursday night.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - The ground remains saturated from recent heavy rainfall over the past week. Deep moisture has returned to southwest Colorado, with a few inches of rainfall possible today through Thursday. In addition, multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today through Thursday evening producing periods of heavy rainfall and potential flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

What to do

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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What stands in Colorado

Every kind of place an instrument stands at in Colorado, and how many stand at each.

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In a volunteer observer's own ground3,815 At a cooperative observer's station201 Beside a road170 At a river or reservoir gauge163 A snow pillow on a mountain113 At an airfield73 A remote fire weather station61 At a reservoir10 At a dam9 In a park or preserve4 On a military installation1 At a fire lookout or ranger station1 On a farm or research station1

What the snow tracker reads here

23 instruments in Colorado are read by 14 of the 63 mountains. Listed in the rank order of the state. Each one has its own page, and the ranking they feed is on the snow tracker.

Red Cliff Pass (CDOT)CCU / 39.475, -106.153 / 12,073 ftBreckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Arapahoe Basinrank11of 4,622 Nast Lake SnotelNSSC2 / 39.297, -106.607 / 8,700 ftAspen Snowmass, Beaver Creek, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Snowmassrank22of 4,622 Beaver Ck Village SnotelBCVC2 / 39.599, -106.511 / 8,500 ftVail, Beaver Creek, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilkrank33of 4,622 Aspen (10)CO100 / 39.196, -106.836 / 8,112 ftCrested Butte, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilkrank44of 4,622 Aspen/Sardy FieldASE / 39.223, -106.869 / 7,815 ftAspen Snowmass, Snowmassrank55of 4,622 Summit Ranch SnotelSUMC2 / 39.718, -106.158 / 9,400 ftBreckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountainrank66of 4,622 Telluride RegionalTEX / 37.954, -107.909 / 9,085 ftTelluriderank77of 4,622 Dry Lake SnotelDRLC2 / 40.534, -106.781 / 8,400 ftSteamboatrank88of 4,622 Mc Clure Pass SnotelMCPC2 / 39.129, -107.288Aspen Snowmass, Snowmassrank88of 4,622 Middle Fork Camp SnotelMFKC2 / 39.796, -106.027 / 8,940 ftKeystone, Winter Parkrank88of 4,622 Steamboat Springs (5)CO102 / 40.459, -106.822 / 6,751 ftSteamboatrank88of 4,622 Grizzly Peak SnotelGZPC2 / 39.646, -105.870 / 11,100 ftArapahoe Basinrank1212of 4,622 Butte SnotelBUTC2 / 38.894, -106.953 / 10,160 ftCrested Butterank1414of 4,622 Cascade #2 SnotelCADC2 / 37.658, -107.803 / 8,920 ftTelluriderank1414of 4,622 Copper Mountain SnotelCPMC2 / 39.489, -106.171 / 10,550 ftCopper Mountainrank1414of 4,622 Dowd Junction (10)CO092 / 39.608, -106.449 / 7,747 ftBeaver Creekrank1414of 4,622 GranbyGNB / 40.090, -105.911 / 8,208 ftWinter Parkrank1414of 4,622 Ophir 1NNW - Alta LakesALCC2 / 37.890, -107.840 / 11,558 ftTelluriderank1414of 4,622 Vail Mountain SnotelVLMC2 / 39.617, -106.380 / 10,300 ftVailrank1414of 4,622 Jackwhacker Gulch SnotelJWGC2 / 39.567, -105.800Arapahoe Basinrank2727of 4,622 Mccoy Park SnotelMCYC2 / 39.605, -106.541 / 9,480 ftBreckenridgerank2727of 4,622 North Lost Trail SnotelNLSC2 / 39.078, -107.144 / 9,200 ftCrested Butterank2727of 4,622 Stillwater Creek SnotelSCSC2 / 40.225, -105.920 / 8,720 ftWinter Parkrank2727of 4,622

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Ordered by name. Standing is three times the mountains forecast from an instrument plus the places that read it. It measures how much of the network depends on it, not how well it reports.By nameBy standing

Apishapa SnotelAPSC2 / 37.331, -105.067 / 10,000 ft Arapaho Ridge SnotelARPC2 / 40.351, -106.381 / 10,960 ft Bear Lake SnotelBLKC2 / 40.311, -105.645 / 9,500 ft Bear River SnotelBRRC2 / 40.062, -107.010 / 9,080 ft Beartown SnotelBRTC2 / 37.714, -107.512 / 11,600 ft Beaver Ck Village SnotelBCVC2 / 39.599, -106.511 / 8,500 ftrank33of 4,622 Berthoud Summit SnotelBTSC2 / 39.804, -105.778 / 11,300 ftrank5252of 4,622 Bison Lake SnotelBLSC2 / 39.765, -107.357 / 10,880 ft Black Mesa SnotelBMSC2 / 37.790, -108.184 / 11,580 ft Black Mountain SnotelBMNC2 / 40.888, -105.664 / 8,920 ft Brumley SnotelBRMC2 / 39.088, -106.542 / 10,600 ftrank5252of 4,622 Buckskin Joe SnotelBUCC2 / 39.303, -106.113 / 11,150 ft Buffalo Park SnotelBUFC2 / 40.229, -106.595 / 9,240 ft Burro Mountain SnotelBURC2 / 39.875, -107.599 / 9,400 ft Butte SnotelBUTC2 / 38.894, -106.953 / 10,160 ftrank1414of 4,622 Cascade #2 SnotelCADC2 / 37.658, -107.803 / 8,920 ftrank1414of 4,622 Chapman Tunnel SnotelHAPC2 / 39.262, -106.629 / 10,110 ft Cochetopa Pass SnotelCZSC2 / 38.163, -106.599 / 10,020 ft Columbine Pass SnotelCPSC2 / 38.418, -108.382 Columbine SnotelCOLC2 / 40.395, -106.604 / 9,160 ft Columbus Basin SnotelCMBC2 / 37.441, -108.024 / 10,785 ft Copeland Lake SnotelCOPC2 / 40.208, -105.569 / 8,600 ft Copper Mountain SnotelCPMC2 / 39.489, -106.171 / 10,550 ftrank1414of 4,622 Crosho SnotelCRSC2 / 40.167, -107.058 / 9,100 ft Culebra #2 SnotelCULC2 / 37.209, -105.200 / 10,500 ft Cumbres Trestle SnotelCUMC2 / 37.019, -106.452 / 10,040 ft Deadman Hill SnotelDDMC2 / 40.806, -105.768 / 10,220 ft Dry Lake SnotelDRLC2 / 40.534, -106.781 / 8,400 ftrank88of 4,622 Echo Lake SnotelECLC2 / 39.656, -105.593 / 10,600 ft El Diente Peak SnotelEDSC2 / 37.786, -108.022 / 10,000 ft Elk River SnotelELKC2 / 40.848, -106.969 / 8,700 ft Elkhead Divide SnotelEKDC2 / 40.800, -107.100 / 8,780 ft Elliot Ridge SnotelELRC2 / 39.864, -106.425 / 10,520 ft Fool Creek SnotelFCVC2 / 39.869, -105.868 / 11,150 ft Fremont Pass SnotelFMTC2 / 39.380, -106.197 / 11,400 ftrank5252of 4,622 Glen Cove SnotelGLNC2 / 38.876, -105.074 / 11,460 ft Grayback SnotelGYBC2 / 37.470, -106.538 / 11,620 ft Grizzly Peak SnotelGZPC2 / 39.646, -105.870 / 11,100 ftrank1212of 4,622 Hayden Pass SnotelHPAC2 / 38.293, -105.850 / 10,720 ft High Lonesome SnotelHLNC2 / 40.036, -105.755 / 10,620 ft Hoosier Pass SnotelHOOC2 / 39.361, -106.263 Hourglass Lake SnotelHRLC2 / 40.579, -105.631 / 9,380 ft Idarado SnotelIDRC2 / 37.934, -107.675 / 9,800 ft Independence Pass SnotelIDPC2 / 39.075, -106.612 / 10,600 ft Ivanhoe SnotelIVHC2 / 39.292, -106.549 / 10,400 ft Jackwhacker Gulch SnotelJWGC2 / 39.567, -105.800rank2727of 4,622 Joe Wright SnotelJWRC2 / 40.532, -105.887 / 10,120 ft Jones Pass SnotelJNPC2 / 39.764, -105.906 / 10,400 ft Kiln SnotelKLNC2 / 39.317, -106.615 / 9,600 ft Lake Eldora SnotelLELC2 / 39.937, -105.820 Lake Irene SnotelLKIC2 / 40.414, -105.820 / 10,700 ft Lily Pond SnotelLPDC2 / 37.379, -106.548 / 11,000 ft Lizard Head Pass SnotelLIZC2 / 37.799, -107.924 / 10,200 ft Lone Cone SnotelLNCC2 / 37.892, -108.195 / 9,600 ft Long Draw Resv SnotelLRVC2 / 40.512, -105.766 / 9,980 ft Lost Dog SnotelLOTC2 / 40.816, -106.748 / 9,320 ft Loveland Basin SnotelLBAC2 / 39.674, -105.693 Lynx Pass SnotelLYNC2 / 40.078, -106.670 / 8,880 ft Mancos SnotelMNCC2 / 37.431, -108.169 / 10,000 ft Mc Clure Pass SnotelMCPC2 / 39.129, -107.288rank88of 4,622 Mccoy Park SnotelMCYC2 / 39.605, -106.541 / 9,480 ftrank2727of 4,622 Medano Pass SnotelMDPC2 / 37.852, -105.436 / 9,649 ft Mesa Lakes SnotelMESC2 / 39.058, -108.058 / 10,000 ft Michigan Creek SnotelMIHC2 / 39.436, -105.911 / 10,600 ft Middle Creek SnotelMDLC2 / 37.620, -107.035 / 11,250 ft Middle Fork Camp SnotelMFKC2 / 39.796, -106.027 / 8,940 ftrank88of 4,622 Mineral Creek SnotelMINC2 / 37.749, -107.727 Molas Lake SnotelMLSC2 / 37.749, -107.689 / 10,500 ft Moon Pass SnotelMOPC2 / 37.967, -106.558 / 11,140 ft Nast Lake SnotelNSSC2 / 39.297, -106.607 / 8,700 ftrank22of 4,622 Never Summer SnotelNEVC2 / 40.404, -105.956 / 10,280 ft Niwot SnotelNIWC2 / 40.035, -105.544 / 9,910 ft North Lost Trail SnotelNLSC2 / 39.078, -107.144 / 9,200 ftrank2727of 4,622 Overland Res. SnotelOVRC2 / 39.091, -107.635 / 9,840 ft Park Cone SnotelPKCC2 / 38.820, -106.590 / 9,600 ft Park Reservoir SnotelPRVC2 / 39.046, -107.874 / 9,960 ft Phantom Valley SnotelPHTC2 / 40.399, -105.848 / 9,030 ft Porphyry Creek SnotelPRPC2 / 38.489, -106.340 / 10,760 ft Rabbit Ears SnotelRESC2 / 40.368, -106.740 / 9,400 ft Rawah SnotelRAWC2 / 40.708, -106.008 / 9,020 ft Red Mountain Pass SnotelRMPC2 / 37.892, -107.713 / 11,200 ftrank5252of 4,622 Ripple Creek SnotelRCPC2 / 40.108, -107.294 / 10,340 ft Roach SnotelROAC2 / 40.875, -106.046 / 9,700 ft Rough And Tumble SnotelROUC2 / 39.033, -106.083 / 10,360 ft Saint Elmo SnotelCTEC2 / 38.700, -106.368 / 10,540 ft Sargents Mesa SnotelSGMC2 / 38.286, -106.371 / 11,530 ft Sawtooth SnotelSATC2 / 40.137, -105.586 / 9,620 ft Schofield Pass SnotelSOSC2 / 39.015, -107.049 / 10,700 ft Scotch Creek SnotelSHSC2 / 37.646, -108.008 / 9,100 ft Sharkstooth SnotelSKZC2 / 37.504, -108.114 / 10,720 ft Slumgullion SnotelSLMC2 / 37.991, -107.203 / 11,440 ft South Colony SnotelSCYC2 / 37.968, -105.538 / 10,800 ft Spud Mountain SnotelSPSC2 / 37.699, -107.777 / 10,660 ft Stillwater Creek SnotelSCSC2 / 40.225, -105.920 / 8,720 ftrank2727of 4,622 Stump Lakes SnotelSTPC2 / 37.476, -107.633 / 11,200 ft Summit Ranch SnotelSUMC2 / 39.718, -106.158 / 9,400 ftrank66of 4,622 Trapper Lake SnotelTLSC2 / 39.999, -107.236 / 9,700 ft Trinchera SnotelTCHC2 / 37.353, -105.232 / 10,860 ft University Camp SnotelUVCC2 / 40.033, -105.576 / 10,300 ft Upper Rio Grande SnotelURGC2 / 37.722, -107.260 / 9,400 ft Upper San Juan SnotelUSJC2 / 37.486, -106.835 / 10,200 ftrank5252of 4,622 Upper Taylor SnotelUPTC2 / 38.991, -106.754 / 10,640 ft Ute Creek SnotelUTCC2 / 37.615, -105.373 / 10,650 ft Vail Mountain SnotelVLMC2 / 39.617, -106.380 / 10,300 ftrank1414of 4,622 Vallecito SnotelVALC2 / 37.485, -107.507 / 10,880 ft Wager Gulch SnotelWRGC2 / 37.883, -107.364 / 11,100 ft Weminuche Creek SnotelWMNC2 / 37.520, -107.322 / 10,740 ft Whiskey Ck SnotelWSKC2 / 37.214, -105.122 / 10,220 ft Wild Basin SnotelWLBC2 / 40.201, -105.603 / 9,560 ft Willow Creek Pass SnotelWLLC2 / 40.347, -106.094 / 9,540 ft Willow Park SnotelWPRC2 / 40.432, -105.733 / 10,700 ft Wolf Creek Summit SnotelWCSC2 / 37.479, -106.802 / 11,000 ftrank5252of 4,622 Zirkel SnotelZIRC2 / 40.795, -106.595 / 9,340 ft

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