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Upstream along the North St. Vrain Creek, the Button Rock Dam and Reservoir reveal water levels near to the top of the dam.
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Just SW of Lyons, along the South St. Vrain Creek, extensive damage to Colorado Highway 7 is visable.
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The St. Vrain River flows from Lyons to Longmont. The next slide shows the affected flooded areas between the locations. Out on the plains, the water pushed through, over and around the embankments meant to control the river.
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Longmont bore the brunt of the St. Vrain flooding. The river enters the city on the west side, near the Vance Brand airport, and nearly bisects the city.
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In Lyons, Colorado, imagery and analysis confirm that the McConnell Drive Bridge, providing primary access to neighborhoods and schools in the area, was washed away completely.
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Several miles south of Longmont, along 95th Street, Boulder Creek washed across the low-lying areas of the roadway. 95th Street remains closed at this time.
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On the southern end of Longmont, Left Hand Creek, which also experienced severe flooding, flows through several residential areas on its way to the St. Vrain river.
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September 17, 2013 - Greeley, Colorado. Landsat 8 satellite acquired this image. At the time, the river was more than six feet above flood stage, down from more than eight feet above flood stage.
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June 29, 2013 - Greeley, Colorado. A view of the city as it normally looks.
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September 13, 2013 - South Platte River, Colorado. Image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Image made from infrared to increase contrast.
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September 7, 2013 - South Platte River, Colorado. Before the floods. Image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite.
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The Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.61 µm image at 19:58 UTC on 17 September (below) showed that the dark signature of flooding along the South Platte River had nearly reached the Colorado/Nebraska border.
Weather & Climate — Colorado’s record-setting floods devastated the landscape from the mountains to the plains. From their perch thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface, NASA’s and DigitalGlobe’s satellites captured astonishing imagery of... Read full article
