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TUESD~Y, JUNE 11.1985 Alilnlosil. Color~do 81101 VOLUME 58 No, 178 t High temperatures cause concern about more flooding BySYLVlA GAU..EGOS 2,76Gcubic feet per 5e("ond (ds) near Mogote. highway ~ (theGunbarrel) as far souwas Ashton Trucking Co. Cowier CorrespoDdeDt He said the gates at Terrace Reser-voil' a~ "wide open," and \here could be {rom Continued melting of the remaining snowpack was expected to add more water AllIDugh the flow lessened in the Rio Grande at Del Norte and Monte Vista, it 1,400 to l,SOOmoreacre-feel of water spilling over when the riYe.rpew. lo portions of the Rio Grande and Conej09 today, although boUl rivers dropped II has 6nm 8 steady increase at Alamosa.mcreasing concerns about flooding in ConeJos CoW1ty,Sheriff Gene DeH;rrea said this morning that water in the: IitUe, according 10 the Division of Waler Resources. that urea, ofhcial. reports said todaY. Terrace is flowing about one-ioot deep over the spillway and increased river flow Joe Onder of Ule National Weather Service 91 Alamosa said \ernperatw-es will Thrsnowpack is gradually melting away in the higher elevations. but the con. bas washed out a bridge about two miles east of Capulln. remain between 65 and 75 degrees in the upper elevations with scattered showers tirtueeheavy river flow is attributed to the spilling of the Rio Grande reservoir at He said there have been no evacuations along either the'Alamos&. or Conejos expected in lhe afternoon and evening. the $r's headwaters coupled with inflow to the reservoir from snowmelt. riven, but both are reported running at peak capacity and I flood watch is in ef- Showers were reported in the mountains sUnday and MondaY aftemOOll.'J, but no Hqp: temperatures and rain in the upper mountains caused. concel1l Monday feet..' oUidal predictions were available as to what that moisture did to the alread)' aftet'lDOn and led to official concern over what could happen if snowmelt increased. On the Rio Grande, Vandiver said, Wllter is "going up last" with flooding already increasing runoff. dramlticaUy. occW'Ting at Del Norte and Monte Vista and "more than enough w,ter" headed Onder said rain won't be too much of a factor as far as Ulc possibility of fl&sh Stele Vandiver of lheState Division or Water Resources said eight to nine inches tDwardsAlamosa tocau.se problems later. flooding is concerned, but it could contribute to the rapidity of the snowmelt. ofsnGt'.remained on the WoU Creek Snow Course and about 13 inches at the hesdof The river has decreased some at Del Norte, with now dropping lrom 8,600 to Cooling temperatures Monday night slowed the river flow at Del Norte from the RP Grande Monday morning. The snow gave weight to predictions that the 8,26Scfs, a change attributed to cooling temperatl1r'e3 in the high country. 9,040 cfs to 8,660 cis, according to the Division of Water Resources at Alamo..cc.a, bur heaV)'Tiver now would continue for at Ieast two to three days. The Rio Grande has slabiliJ,ed somewhat 8.t MonLe Vista and the main area of that slowing may not continue if National Weather Service temperature predk Van1Jver said the Rio Grande Reservoir at the head of the river is full and concern is downstream, the weather service reported. tions prove accurale. .sp~ while the Continental and Santa Maria reservoin are cclosed for storage At Monte Vista, the river was reported to have dropped from 5,500 cis to 5,200, In Monte Vista the Rio Grande remained constant at 5100 cis Sunday and ~d t8tin~ aU the water they c~ from Clear Creek, a Rio G~de tributary. . but water continued to gush out of the river at the northern edge of the commwtity Monday and then dropped slighUy to 5,200 thia morning, Vaniliver said, but hea"1' Also beUlg wa~hed. closely 1.$ the .South F~rk of the Rio Grande from Big Monday night and this morning, causing businessmen and residents to take boats now is expected to conLinue at Alamosa due to the fact that there are few dh~r. MeadlWs ReservOIr to Its confluence WIth the Rio Grande at South Fork. in {er retrieval of papers. !lions between the two commwtities along the river. On.tle other end of the San Juans, Terrace Reservoir on the Alamosa River has . Sand bagS had been placed around bu.sinesses and residences southward along (Coatlnued OD pille I) ~illeUand could spill some more, while the Coneios River is running full and is be.ingowItched from Platoro Dam to the Rio Grande. Vantlver said Platoro Reservoir is "shut ti~ht" and the river is stilI running at . C" o c... c.n ~. ....