In northeastern Colorado, the Poudre and South Platte River are at or near flood stage in Weld and Morgan counties. Video from KUSA-TV showed flooding of farm fields in Kersey Friday morning.
KUSA also has some details on Front Range trails that are too wet to open this weekend.
In southern Colorado, flood warnings are in effect for the Arkansas River in Pueblo County and the Purgatoire River, which is finally starting to emerge from a severe drought.
Rain diminishing later this morning across lower elevations. snow showers over higher mountains. pic.twitter.com/1frcOanlYU
Releases from the Pueblo Reservoir are adding to the flows in the Arkansas. Water is also being released from Chatfield Reservoir south of Denver to help control flows on the South Platte.
And on the Western Slope, Eric Kuhn, general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District is calling May a miracle in Colorado, the Grand Junction Sentinel reports. Kuhn says Lake Powell could see 1 million to 1.5 million acre-feet of water flow in from high country rain and melting snow.
