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Colorado Flooding

September 17, 2013

Colorado Flooding

Boulder High School, photo: Bruce Raup

Record breaking precipitation along front range produced historical flooding in
and around Boulder, Colorado.

  • Climate and Weather information from NOAA’s Earth System Research Lab (ESRL)
  • Historical Perspective from NOAA’s Climate.gov
  • Preliminary Exceedance Probability Analysis from NOAA NWS Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center

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