Storm Station 247

Colorado, live

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2 alerts in force in Colorado

Flood Watch2

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.

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

The instruments

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