FLOOD00626

• County: Larimer
• Community: Fort Collins
• Title: An Analysis of Rainfall for the July 28, 1997 Flood in Fort Collins
• Date: 2/1/1998
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: CSU
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

Table of Contents

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Purpose 1
Weather Conditions Associated with the July 27-28, 1997 Rains 2
Data Collection 4
~ Database Development 9
Storm Analysis and Rainfall Mapping 9
The Rain that Caused the Flood 20
Historical Perspective 33
state and Regional perspective 33
Local Perspective 34
Comparison to the tOO-year storm 39
Conclusions 41
Acknowledgments 41
References 43
Appendix A. Electronic mail message transmitted July 30-31, 45
1997 to a few thousand addresses in the Fort Collins area
Appendix B. Example data sheet for recording rain reports and 48
supplemental information
Appendix C. Largest recorded precipitation events as measured 50
on the campus of Colorado State University, 1889-1997