Air Quality Concerns; Fire Weather in the West; Flash Flooding in the Southeast

Wildfire smoke continues to result in poor air quality from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast. Multiple days of hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to bring fire weather concerns for portions of the Four Corners region into the central Great Basin and Rockies. Heavy rainfall and a flash flooding threat continues in the Southeast. Severe thunderstorms continue across the Northern Plains Read More >

Republican River Flood of 1935

A Closer Look at

Cope, Colorado

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Amount of Rain Measured - 1.55 to 4 inches

Time Flood Impacted Cope - 3 a.m. Central

River Crest at Cope- 3:15 a.m Central

River Width at Cope-

"The main flood on the Arikaree River originated some distance west of Cope, Colo., where a heavy rain started at 6 p.m. May 30. The river started to rise shortly afterward and continued to rise slowly until about 3 a.m., then rose 4 inches in 15 minutes to its crest of about 6 feet. The discharge was 25,000 second-feet. At this time the water was 1 ½ feet deep in the main street of Cope, but by early forenoon the river was back in its banks." From Follensbee and Spiegel, 1937, pg. 32.

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Air Quality Concerns; Fire Weather in the West; Flash Flooding in the Southeast

Republican River Flood of 1935 - A Closer Look at Cope, Colorado