WSP06793

• File Number: 5000.525
• Description: Flood Protection Section - Flood History - 1987
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 9/30/1986
• Author: Various
• Title: Newspaper Articles 1986-1987 - 09-30-86 through 07-30-87
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

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Two unidentlfed men pre-
pare 10 Iowa car belonging
to Chris Montoya. center
with back to camera, lrom a
flooding parking lot at South
Parker Rond and EaSl Quin-
cy Avenue. Dan Trask sits
atop tho car. A downpour
yesterday filled the parking
lot with about 18 inches of
water, stranding several mo-
torists.

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All-season storm sweeps through metro area

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O<>o\'('r may gel altl'TnfxJO Ibund('rstorms,Wday liketht
one l!\at Ih.al skipprod throug/llh... mefroarea yesterday,
hrlnglng lightning. funn,'1 ctClUri~, h3il ,lnd h('.1vy rain, fore-
("olSl('nsay.
Ycst..rday'S Front Range stann prQdu('('d 10 mlK'h hail on
Inl''I1itatl'70 in Ihe Lookout ~lountamllrca that IWQsnow.
plows wpre ("all("d In to I.'ll'~r tbl' road.
A tornado IOll("h<'d dGwn in Kit Canon Couoty. an<lln
Aurar", a miln washospitaltll"d altrr lightning stru("k him
"'hUr he W,1$ raking his yard.
Lighting a!sa strlK'k a housc at 132QS.OdgenSt in Drnvl.'r
and the Smuky Ilill Unitrd Methodist Chur("h .il 19491
Smoky lIi11 Ilrod in Aurwa.hul Iherl.' were no injuries.
Today's lorl'C..~1 l.8Jl~ for low clouds in the morning,
followed by JI~rllYHunny ~ki... hy noon, lsolaled and por;sibly
heavy thllndeutnrms are forecaSllmm 1 \0 8 pm, The highs
\"lIl~7Zlo76.....ilhlo""sllf$Oto$4.
In Denver, Y6terdoily's storm triggered aboUI 45 fire
alilrmsink'!lStllan two hours.

In Auron. the East Bank Mall at I'arkf'r Rnad and Ea~t
Quincy Av('nue was parlklltarly !\ard hit by th('storm. first
with !\ail. U...n rain
"llhail<'d forlloollt five minutes al about 2 pm,," said
Angela McG.'t'. a supervisor al the K marl in thl' mall,
FOur ioclws a('Cumulaled. forcing many mlltori~ts to stop
whentheir\\"jndShield5be('amel'("'ered\\"iththel~,
The mall ~rk!ng 101 lloodf.'-d with at lea.~t 18 lnrhes of
WMl'r.strandinJ;st'verlllmOlorl!llsandbringingouto:-hildren
on bicyd~~, adults In four."hl'l'l-drive vehicles and OIl(' man
on a jl't ski
"TIIl'r.. were abllullOlo 12 pl'(Iple slrandtod in \'l'hicll.'1,
We $/.'01 out .i moln In a truck 10 l"eS<'ue tlwm." said ~kGt'E'.
The nuning Bupervl:'lOr at Presbyt..rtan Aurora Hospital
said a 31.ye.ir-old hghtningvictim....hoaskt'd not to be
idenlified. Wit5 in 'l4ble("f)f!dition last night,sufltrini: from
cl'''f:tncal ~hock.
An ,\uwra Fire Drp~rtment Qlfidal t('pl>rted lhill 11 COII-
plo:-lusl("QntrQIof their vehicle on a M'TYil't' rood at Cht"Tt')'
l.i"f'ek Ilp~rvoiranddrovelnIOldikhl\'ithlhreelofour
II.'('I of wat('f.
~Byt~limewearrlved, they "l'T'e out of the car,Haaid

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thefiM:'drpa"mentofficial.whoa~kednol lobe Identlfled
II tunnel cloud was r('porh~d n<'M the resf'l'Voir at the
same lime and prllmpt<'d Ihe National Weath",r St-rvl("l.' 10
1S.~Ullll tornado warning It<>m 311 pm. 10 330 p.m.
In Kit Canlon Collnty, a tornado touchl'd do.....n st'veo mill'S
sOllthl'astof llurlinglon atabolltll.30 pm. but no damage
wilBreported.
Thewealher servi("l.'r('("~tvl'd rl'pnrt'ot tlln~lchlUdsat
Aurora. Inotherabnut 10 mtll's n"rlh.'a~t of Parker. one ju~t
sollth of Franktown nl'll( CasU.. n.lCk llnd another UI')('Qfl.
liM1l('d sighting at South Fedpral llou!e\'ard and Wl'St Ala.
Tf>l'da Avenue.
Nonl'oflheml'tT(H.lT'I',lfllnnclcl(ludswasbelievedtohllvl'
lou("hedground,
Officials at Swpll'ton Intemalionoll Airport reported no
major delays Yf'Sterday.
Weathl'r 5('rvl~ spok"'imiln Sin!' Carffil'1 old 3 to 4
inches of hail was (('porII'd In southl';Istl'rn Douglas County.
while pea.slU'":'.311 drtrmml'd Aurora and Wheat Ridge,
nalf.inch It.'til was rqxw(l'd "artier al f."Oft Collins, and
Grl'eleyreporledmarblc-siz.e h.iiil.
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