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Big disasters give you a big perspective, she said, alluding to the destruction
two years ago.
Rivers in northern Colorado, meanwhile, are running high from melting snow
and an unusually rainy spring, increasing the flood risk there.
The storms that began overnight were the result of the El Nino phenomenon
in the Pacific Ocean, an upper-level jet stream and a low-pressure system
parked over southern California. The factors have combined to deliver
moisture this week from the Gulf of Mexico into Colorado and southern
Wyoming.
Flash floods swept through the eastern Wyoming town of Lusk before dawn
Thursday, wiping out a bridge on the major road through the community of
about 1,500 people. Engineers were considering whether to put up a
temporary span Friday.
The storm system should push into Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma early
next week, National Weather Service meteorologist Kari Bowen said.
Summary
On June 5, 2015, Storms raced across Colorado, including tornadoes, heavy
rains, and plenty of hail. A sergeant officer drove his SUV into a 15-ft deep
and 20-ft wide sink hole caused by the intense downpour. Later that Friday
there would be more flooding. Some Denver residents came outside to find
3ft deep piles of hail that they had to clear up using buckets. North of
Denver, the Allmendinger ran to their basement right before a tornado tore
off their roof. The storm was going to move on to Nebraska, Kansas and
Oklahoma City the following week.
"Colorado Storms Escalate into Devastating Tornadoes and Hailstorms." The
Guardian. N.p., 5 June 2015. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.
<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/05/colorado-stormstornado-hailstorms>.