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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Most Intense Rainfall Event <br /> <br />On May 30-31, 1935, Colorado experienced Its most intense recorded rainfall event. At Hale, Colorado, <br />the state recorded 24 inches of rainfall in six hours from an intense thunderstorm, This event caused a <br />tlood-of,record on the Republican River in eastern Colorado, on Monument Creek in Colorado Springs, <br />and on Kiowa Creek at Elbert, <br /> <br />Table II - 2 - Extreme Storm Precipitation Reports <br /> <br />Storm Storm Stale <br />N Na <br />99 Cherry Creek CO <br /> -Hale <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Killer Aood <br />EM <br /> <br />On July 31, and <br />August 1, 1976, 149 <br />lives were lost in the <br />Big Thompson <br />Canyon flood, This <br />tlood event was the <br />state's worst.ever <br />flash flood event on <br />record, The tlood <br />hit with little <br />warning, no <br />advanced measures, <br />or alerts, <br /> <br />Storm ".' RegIOn <br />.Date- <br />May3D-31, 1 <br />1935 <br /> <br />Type" Lal <br /> <br />lOfig <br /> <br />393610208 <br /> <br />M.u.imum'~'-!I'<1;> <br />P. ciitatlo <br />Reportol9"in2hrsat <br />Selbltr1. huge ll00ds <br />BiiouCreekand <br />Republican <br /> <br />The Most Recent Aood Events <br /> <br />The City of Fort Collins' f1ood-ot-record occurred on July 28,1997, One day later, on July 29,1997, <br />Pawnee Creek and the City of Sterling were flooded as a result Of heavy rain from the same storm system <br />that flooded Fort Collins, This storm system was the largest. high-volume storm recorded in Colorado, <br /> <br />. Remar s--" <br /> <br />GlC <br /> <br />24"in6hrs <br />(unotfidal) <br />near Hale <br />USSR report, <br />3,00" al Rush <br />Source: Climatology Report 197-1, Colorado State University, May 1997 <br /> <br /> <br />1976 <br /> <br />Big Thompson River in <br /> <br />Larinler County <br /> <br />Section 11- 5 <br />