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<br />bee~ r~stituted where flood plai~ Inlormatlon Is a~allable, Any <br />Federa I related t Inene ral loa~s tor bui Id i~g purposes I n this <br />special flood hazard area requIre Ilood Insurance On the property. <br /> <br />with the potential ot collecting at points downstream. The flood <br />plain in the study reaCh Is relatIvely clear of such materials. <br />When floatable objects aro stored o~ the flood plain, they should <br />be secured In some lashlon. Other floatable matorial, such as <br />trees, branches, brush, a~d logs, 15 In e~lde~ce along the rIvers. <br />This materIa I could fa,"", obstructio~s to f loodf lows, especla Ily at <br />bridges, In the event of a flood. <br /> <br />Other factors a~d theIr impacts - Flood daMages are also <br />possible in the event of large aroc>unts of runolf Irom the ~umerous <br />tributaries and small dralnagewaysflO'WIn!] Into the Ellg Thompson <br />River. Crops, rOilds, a~d farm bu lid ings cou Id r<lcelve some darl'liJ9fl <br />from these smal! streams. Although the study area Is relatl~ely <br />clear at urban development, the potentIal exists for reside~tlal <br />growth In tho vicinity of the ElIg Thompson River ~alley. The flood <br />damage pote~tial I n the Big Thompson Ri~er basi n ca~ be reduced by <br />implerne~tlng flood OO1er'J"ncy plans ;md sound Ilood plain manil>J"ment <br />co~cepts. <br /> <br />Flood warnlnq and torecastI~q - The National OceanIc and <br />Atrnosphertc Adml nl st....atjo~ (NOAA), Natlona I Woathe.... Se....vlce, supplies <br />weather fo....ecasts at leilst twIce dally for the area. Special fo....e- <br />casts of severe storms, flood wa....~lngs, and snowmelt advlsaries of <br />a gene....al nature are also Issued as requi....ed. Radar obser~atlo~ of <br />Inten,e precipitation and projection of sto....m mo~eme~t gi~es some <br />load time lor flash flood wa....nlngs; this Intormatlon Is promptly <br />disseminated to 0111 news media and local officials by the best com- <br />municatlons <l~"II<lble. <br /> <br />Flood flqhtlnQ and emerqencv evacuation pla~s - Tho Weld <br />County CIvil Defense Office coordinates dIsaster activities with <br />the Stat" (:I~II DMMSf' OHlc", They f'l'll that th",y ha~", adequate <br />organlzatlo~ to meet a~y eme....gency. <br /> <br />~te....ial sto....age on the flood plain - Floatable ma~made <br />material stored o~ the flood plain Is often washed away du....I~9 floods <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />12 <br />