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<br />which they anticipated. Unfortunately other communities did not prepare quite as well as they <br />should have. <br /> <br />'_-A - 1\ <br /> <br />r:;'f-'- ~ 1))1 S) <br /> <br />During the entire period from mid-May to mid-July there was high water somewhere in fJ <br />each Colorado's four major river basins (South Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande and-Colorado). <br />Depending on the tim.e ~d on the specific stream reach, the high water was:a'tl:'ributable to <br />thunderstorms, gl'ner.rr.1!.f<lIl, snowmelt, raiR \Ill HIe''! aile failu", uf "daMS" ef Sft6".V aRd ice er~ <br />debris. There were flows ranging from minor nuisance flows of a 2-year frequency all the way to <br />lOa-year flows. S~nages that are normally dry aRt! hll:ge rivers l!!l expcaiGneea high ~ater:- <br /> <br />~~H'~ Q.........::.(J..A-,J~'iI.J~ <br /> <br />The first flooding of the season was in the South Platte River basin. The F!oo'{\ Task A...JL. D-^ <br />Force he1d1Isilrst-meeting.gn May_8, _l995.--SlloR!)c-atter that mcel;u!$, lh~ SL Vrain River '-~ A II <br />watershed experien(;.ed~grram to-cmrse-/t--;!s..yem:lIgod at Lyons. The first flood of the ~ <br />season hadvtherefore, resulted from rainfall, not snowmeTt:--'fhe-ftlinfaII-unts were not H". __ 0 <br />exceptionally heavy (about 2 - 3 inches), but the rain affected such a large percenrage of the <:. r;:;;t <br />w}l6tshed that there was a large flow. ff2 ~ <br /> <br />In the South Platte River Basin, rain in many portions of the watershed led to flows of ~ <br />about a la-year frequency. Shortly before Memorial Day, the South Platte River left its banks for Il-,OOO <br />what proved to be a period of about 6 consecutive weeks, late May to early July. Unfortunately a.AJ19o. <br />for those along the river, those flows seemed continuous. The first part of that six-week flood <br />was caused by rain in the portion of the watershed downstream of Chatfield Reservoir. <br /> <br />1995 Floodinf! <br />