Cabin fever is starting to set in
Heavy rains pound Boulder, Fort Collins; flood warning until 4:15 a.m.
The Boulder OEM warned motorists to stay off the roads as more and more streets were closed because of water. Flooded intersections were reported throughout Boulder, Fort Collins and smaller towns in northern Colorado. Stranded vehicles were common.
Rain pounded much of theFront Range all Wednesday night, with as many as five overlapping flash flood warnings issued.
The National Weather Service called it “a pretty serious situation” at 9:45 p.m. and said 3.35 inches of rain had fallen in Boulder the past six hours.
The Daily Camera reported at 10:40 p.m. that the University of Colorado is beginning to evacuate family housing. The campus police said on Twitter that the evacuations were limited to some housing near Boulder Creek, but said at 11:15 p.m. that about 100 to 200 people were evacuated.
A siren sounded about 10 p.m., meaning people should stay away from Boulder Creek.
Mike Chard, Boulder OEM director, said officials expect another 1 to 3 inches of rain over the next few hours.
Unofficially, more than 6 ¼ inches of rain has fallen in Boulder since Monday.
Heavy rains pound Boulder, Fort Collins; flood warning until 4:15 a.m. – The Denver Post
The DC Based US Drought Monitor says we are having a severe drought
I think the area of white along I-25 is in honor of you
I was out on a call from 1 to 3 am. Water running over Broadway in Boulder, many streets flooded so deep I turned around. Broadway closed at Linden—a rescue effort underway there. Listening to emergency radio: Most canyon roads into the mountains closed at the mouth: Coal Creek, Boulder, Lefthand, Hwy 66 into Lyons, etc. Foothills Hwy flooded and closed south of Lefhand. US 36 closed from Lyons into Larimer County. A firefighter about 3 miles up Lefthand reports 15-20 ft wall of water going down.
So far it doesn’t seem as bad as 1976 Big Thompson but the storm is moving through slowly and the water accumulation continues.
Severe drought everywhere in-between, of course.
Where I live in eastern Washington there is a TWO inch shortfall for this date and this over a 7.5 yearly amount average yet my area is classified as average for the date.
Western Colo. shows severe drought as well, except I have only watered once in the last 6 weeks where normally I would have to apply .5″ every 3 to 4 days.