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<br />in AriJPilh)() C<Nnt,/ Jre r"prGsentatlve of t,o f)fff.'r;ts of sev.,ro stor'TIS
<br />in ,on arO>l 01 GX~()"::; Iv," urban d<,)velopm"nt. Th<,) Sert""b"r 1'.133 t lood
<br />j::; In e^Jrn~ I 0 01 a ~"V"rG storm e"t"nd j "'J ov<,)r ~C\lord I ~d r.:"',h,,dS.
<br />Th i s stor'n etl<,)ctod Li ftl<,) Dry Cre"~, l1i') Dry Creek, PI "t". Cre"k,
<br />il,,,1 Cherry ~ree~. The 5 100J I t"ceOJ5 I I <XX1 i ~O of t',o,,, lour strQercs
<br />'''''5 rho pri",ary caU"y of tloodi"J on the 30"tr PlattoRlver. Thi,
<br />J Iscusslo" ~ i II be GonC'3r-""J on Iy '~i th the Ilood i n9 "'019 Llttl e Dry
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<br />~"dVy r.,irs cf C!:>ud ~ur5t rroponior\s C(J1fsrod over the
<br />Littl" IJry 2reC'k """;~ "M r"~<Jlh'd ic the' 'Ir"'iJt~~+ tloo~ 01 re"orc.
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<br />Tn", esti'l1i,r.'d ,j i~"rurD') of t',,-, stn'"" ',url "0 the' Ie".>:: '~~5 10,000
<br />cubic feet ~er ~ecQnd. ~~tc~ rcsc in the resi~f)~Ce5 a5 much uS 3
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<br />Extensive Cle~~-up Needed.
<br />After the 1100:J, ",ud ~nd <febris are eVery~'wce. Rem[)V,,1 is t(l~i(JLJ:;
<br />~no COST Iy.
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<br />I"et co"',,,, Th"jr r i cs. f 1"0",. I'J"vy dd'")d~'" dl ~Q ~..r., i nf I i<:tcd On
<br />busi"ess e5hblish'"~~t5 Jtld utilities To E,,~lcw""d "ith "0010 ("Jf f~e
<br />busin<>';s bui Idi"'Js m<lveJ olf thel,.- 1()"n,!afi(,.~5 ~y th,. njsn v,.locitles.
<br />FloodwJters ~xtended from two t locks north to il ha I f block south of
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<br />.~ series of storm~ b"t'~",,,, 30 JJly "r1C 3 AlJ9"';~ cvo~ t',e
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<br />the ch"""el t"rou9~out its co"r~" thrO"!J" t"" "rb~n ,1n'~. l'.lrno~-r .lll
<br />of tn'Jstroot and nighwcJYbrioCjOSInE"glewoodwer"'sevor"'ydilMJgeo
<br />a.1~ tilt' tota i ioss '~dS ,,~t i",,,t,,,,1 at ,'rrroximatel y $liI(),I)O~. ens le-
<br />'''ClOd O,Y"l wi!5 lator ccrstructau 0" th i S stre~"', bu+ a storM of th is
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<br />l"e"ver "~e~, incl'J~;o'~ fl'e Li~tle 'J~~.' Cree~. b~5;n culrr;,d'cd '" "'arc
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<br />th,,~ 12 i ncho:; of rJI n be i 09 roport~d. for the period, in ["9 le'~ooJ
<br />i.'~d the surround I ns ~re~s. llAorls-b lockeC chane!!15 forced Lltt Ie Llry
<br />Creek out of bank at sevur<J1 locatiof's I" EN]le~oc>c, ~"d dis"h~r~<,)s
<br />exceEldwJ cl'~rH1<!1 c<>pu<.;lty below Tn" fown. 11<><.xling lowland areas.
<br />Tho ~()Jk d IschargC' T"rOl:g~ town was I if'>lte,j tD I ,800 CJ~ ic I()~t per
<br />second b'y operatlDn of tho [n~IC)NO<X1 )"101 9 -,i Ics unstr"/JC",. "Iood-
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