User:Tails Wx/1965 Colorado floods
In June 1965, floods occurred along the South Platte and Arkansas rivers in Colorado.[1][2][3]
Meteorological synopsis
[edit]On June 14, an unstable atmospheric environment occurred, which was coupled with several weather conditions, including the increase of surface pressure over portions of the central Great Plains, unseasonably cool air, and a low-pressure area located over Chihuahua, Mexico which pushed moist air from the Gulf of Mexico into parts of east Colorado and northeast New Mexico.[3][4] This caused heavy rainfall across portions of southeastern Colorado, some of which had already fallen the day before.[3][5] Convection also developed as a result of the warm, moist air,[5] resulting in hail damage across the Colorado Springs area and a tornado in Loveland, with the latter event injuring 19 people and causing $1 million in damage.[6][7][8]
National Weather Service source: [9]
Impact
[edit]The heavy rainfall on June 14 caused destructive floods along Plum Creek in Douglas County, Colorado, and also caused flooding along the Bijou, Lone Tree, and Pawnee creeks through June 16.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Garcia, Nelson (June 16, 2020). "South Platte River flood remembered 55 years later". KUSA. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ Zimmer, Amy (May 19, 2015). "Time Machine Tuesday: 1965 Flood". Colorado Virtual Library. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ a b c Everhart, Gregory D. (July 10, 2015). "Remembering the 1965 Arkansas River Flood in Southeastern Colorado". Albuquerque District. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ "The June 1965 Plum Creek Flood". Douglas County Libraries. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ a b "South Platte & Arkansas Basins: June 14-20, 1965" (PDF). National Center for Atmospheric Research. January 11, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ Prendergast, Alan (May 11, 2023). "The 1965 Flood: How Denver's Greatest Disaster Changed the City". Westword. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ Aguilar, John (June 13, 2015). "Flood of 1965 brought new respect for South Platte River in Denver". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ Rieck, Dana (June 16, 2015). "Resident remembers '65 tornado". Loveland Reporter-Herald. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ Schwarz, F. K. (February 1967). "The Role of Persistence, Instability, and Moisture in the Intense Rainstorms in Eastern Colorado, June 14-17, 1965" (PDF). National Weather Service.
- ^ Matthai, H. F. (1969). "Floods of June 1965 in South Platte River Basin, Colorado" (PDF). United States Geological Survey: B1.