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On August 26 to 29, 1993 general rainstorms caused flooding in Archuleta and La Plata counties. A subdivision in Archuleta County was threatened and roads damaged as the Rio Blanco overflowed its banks south ofPagosa Springs. In Durango, the Fire Department had their emergency operations plan in effect and came very close to evacuating residents of a mobile home park on the Animas River. In the spring and early summer of 1995, the lower South Platte River, the lower Arkansas River and the Roaring Fork River were impacted by significant flooding. Most damages were experienced by agricultural landowners. On July 24 to 28, 1997, the City of Fort Collins and most of eastern Colorado received soaking and/or drenching rains, adding to soil moisture in some locations. As the cold front arrived in the late afternoon of July 27, strong thunderstorms developed just north and west of FOli Collins. Later that night, steady rains developed along the eastern base of the foothills in Larimer County and continued until about noon on July 28. Several inches of new rain were reported just west and northwest of Fort Collins totally saturating the ground, producing major flooding in LapOlie, and setting the stage for the evening flood event. On the evening of July 28, 1997, intense rains began around 6:30 p.m. in the foothills west of FOli Collins. Winds from the east and southeast continued to pump moisture into the storm system throughout the evening. The core of the storm was very small but remained nearly stationary over the headwaters of Spring Creek, the Fairbrooke Channel, Clearview Channel, the CSU Drainage Basin, and the West Vine Drainage Basin. Rainfall intensity increased and reached a maximum between 8:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. before ending abmptly. A subsequent analysis of rainfall conducted by CSU showed a maximum of 10.2 inches of rainfall in less than five hours near the intersection of Drake Road and Overland Trail. On July 29, 1997, slow-moving thunderstorms dumped large amounts of rainfall over the Pawnee Creek Basin in Weld and Logan counties and over the Schaefer Draw Basin in Morgan County nOlih of Weldona. Floodwaters from Schaefer Draw entered the unincorporated Town of Weldona on the evening of July 29 while similar damaging floodwaters from Pawnee Creek entered the unincorporated Town of Atwood early on July 30 (west of Sterling and north of US. Hwy 6). Additionally, floodwaters flowing east from Atwood entered the City of Sterling. During the Presidential Declaration incident period (July 28 to August 12, 1997) storm systems drenched other areas in northeastern Colorado, as well as several counties in southeastern Colorado. In addition, the Denver metro area received flooding rains as did the Clear Creek County area to the west of Denver. 19