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Flash FloodBoulder, Colorado

September 11, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
Area
Boulder

Event narrative (NOAA)

In Boulder, Old Tale Road at McSorley was closed due to debris and downed trees. Debris forced the partial closure of 3rd Street and Canyon and the Eastbound lane of Baseline Road near Foothills Parkway. Flooding was also reported at: 9th and Alpine, 9th and Balsam and South Boulder Road at Manhatten Street. Two teenagers in Boulder were killed when they abandoned their vehicle while trying to flee the floodwaters. The two other occupants suffered minor injuries; one escaped the vehicle while the other remained in the car and was later rescued. In the city of Boulder, 61 properties were destroyed.||In the Fourmile burn area, widespread flash flooding and debris flows forced the closure of Fourmile Canyon at Boulder Canyon. Water was also reportedly flowing over Gold Run Road at In

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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