Including - 1)   a general meteorological discussion,   2)   a chronology of significant events with an emphasis on the role of topography/hydrology, and   3)   a few comments on WSR-88D rainfall estimation.   (by John F. Weaver -- NOAA/NESDIS/RAMMt at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.)

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Begin   (Introduction)       Synoptic Situation       Sub-Synoptic Situation

Early Evening Rain       Late Evening Rain       Runoff & Rain Totals  

Colorado State Univ.       Final Disaster               Conclusions  

Miscellaneous Photographs  

NOTE:   An expanded discussion of the meteorological aspects of this flood can be found in:

Petersen, W.A.,   L.D. Carey,   S.A. Rutledge,   J.C. Knievel,   N.J. Doesken,   R.H. Johnson,   T.B. McKee,   T. VonderHaar, and   J.F. Weaver, 1999:   Mesoscale and radar observations of   the Fort Collins flash flood of 28 July 1997.   Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,   80(2),   191 - 216.  

Portions of this material also appear in:

Weaver, J.F.,   W.A. Petersen, and   N.J. Doesken:   Some unusual aspects of the Fort Collins,   Colorado flash flood of 28 July 1997.     Proceedings of the 8th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology,   Flagstaff, Arizona, Amer. Meteor. Soc., August 1998,   310-316.