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COLORADO BASIN Basinwide Conditions Assessment: The SWSI value of 1.1 indicates that for April the COLORADO RIVER BASIN ►in water supplies were above normal. The Natural �" """ Supply '""'"History s fs stesources Conservation Service reports May 1 snowpack as 4- 140% of normal. Flow at the gaging station Colorado River _ near Dotsero averaged 3,986 cfs as compared to the long term average of 1,818 cfs. Storage in Green Mountain, Ruedi, and - r Williams Fork reservoirs totaled 88%of normal as of the end j - of March. ill __ IIA1,1 Outlook �► , /,; " The Williams Fork River and upper Blue River basins, _2 ; , - which continue to accumulate snowpack, will experience .3` heavy runoff. The National Weather Service predicts below JAN617 JANOS JAN59 JANO0 JM921 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 JAMS JAMS normal precipitation and above normal temperatures for May, ipRWYEAR heightening county emergency coordinators concerns about fast moving and flooding waters. Administrative/Management Concerns The lower basin has had local calls on Divide,Beaver, COLORADO RIVER NR. DOTSERO Cache,Wallace,Rifle,Mesa,and Coon Creeks,all of which are ,.4 FLOW BY WATER YEAR customary for this time of year. 1.3 1.2 1.1 Public Use Impacts , Late April brought a minor killing frost to the farmers 4, 0.9 in the Grand Valley and Orchard Mesa region. Apricot losses ;o • 0.7 were estimated at 90%. Although initial figures estimated a u= 0.B 0-90% loss of all fruit , it was subsequently determined that 0.5 ly 25% of the fruit crop in Mesa County was lost. D..,----- O.3 0.2 0.1 0 Oct Nov Oct Jan Fab March Apr II Way 1422011 i7 YET C19943 o DRY(1B773 A AVG x 1596 REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS 70 OOLORADO RIVER BASIN "n 4D 3 �g 30 2°y/.\ 10 G-oon Mountain iiwdi W11I lam Fork ® Avg. 4/30 Cont.nt5 ly31 4/3G/99 Gont.nt. •