Flood in Morgan County, Colorado

Flood September 15, 2013 – September 19, 2013 · Morgan County, Colorado

$30.7M

Damage as recorded

$250K

Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The preliminary damage assessment included: $1,510,800 for Residential Property Damage; $4,560,000 for County Bridge Infrastructure: $3,350,000 for County Asphault Infrastructure; and $786,000 for Gravel Road Infrastructure. Most of the damage to the city was sustained in Riverside Park. The city estimated a total cost of the flood at $20 million, including damages and expenditures. Agricultural producers in Morgan County saw little damage from the flood overall.

The wider storm

The headwaters of the South Platte River caused widespread flooding as it moved through Morgan, northwest Washington and Logan Counties. The damage was not as extensive in Sedgwick County.

Began near Orchard (40.3800, -104.1300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 485268. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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