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<br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Thunderstorm-Induced Floods <br /> <br />Largc and powcrful thunderstorms begin occurring in Colorado during 1hc last half of May. Thcy <br />rcach thcir pcak in mid-July and tapcr off in occurrcncc into la1e August. Thcse storms, depcnding on <br />duration. dcposi1 1hc largcst amounts of rainfall in 1he shortest pcriods of lime. In May, most Colorado <br />slrcams are alrcady swollen with runoff. Any abnormal incrcasc in strcamflow will usually precipi1ate a <br />!lood cvcnt. <br /> <br />A thunderstorm-induccd flood event occurrcd at Rifle on Rifle and Govermnen1 Crccks. As is <br />usually the casc, thc highest flows in 1he shortcst pcriod of time occurrcd whcn an cstimated 125.ycar <br />flood discharge impactcd Rifle as 1he rcsul1 of an intense la1e day 1hundcrstorm on May 15-16, 1993. To <br />da1c, an estimatcd $150,00 - $200,000 in losses 10 slruc1ures and vchiclcs was sustained. <br /> <br /> <br />Lookill/: e(ut fro III Rifle Creek (/1/(1 4/1r Street ill Rifle. CO <br /> <br />7 <br />