FLOOD03173

• County: Statewide
• Community: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: State of Colorado 2002 Flood Documentation Report
• Date: 1/1/2003
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: ICON Engineering, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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According to the National Climatic Data Center's NEXRAD radar images, a small pocket
of storm activity moved over the Glenwood Springs area sometime after 8:00PM. The
images are shown below, in Figures 5.6 through 5.9. Next to Figures 5.6 and 5.8 is a legend
indicating the higher the color number, the more intense the storm. In order to locate the
town of Glenwood Springs on the NEXRAD radar images, Figure 5.10, below the radar
images, contains a map of the state of Colorado with the town of Glenwood Springs
highlighted.

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Radar Image August 5th, 2002 at 9:00PM.

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Radar Image August 5th, 2002 at 8:00PM.

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Figure 5.9 - State of Colorado NEXRAD
Radar Image August 5th, 2002 at 11 :OOPM.

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Springs in Relation to the State of Colorado.
Map courtesy of Mapquesl website.

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January 2003