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May 18, 2009 7:51 pm US/Mountain

All Eyes On Colorado Rivers As Snow Melts

Reporting
Stan Bush
GYPSUM, Colo. (CBS4) ― Colorado rivers and streams are running fast as the spring heat wave speeds up the meltdown in the mountains.

On Monday the National Weather Service issued flood advisories for Mesa, Pitkin, Eagle, Routt and Moffat counties -- that's where all the snow is coming down the mountains.

The Eagle River in Gypsum looked swollen on Monday. The river has been rising very slowly every day. It peaked just below 3,000 cubic feet per second (CFS).

No rivers in Colorado have yet to hit the flood stage.

The Colorado Division of Emergency Management says the Crystal River near Redstone is the closest to tipping its banks into the flood stage.

"This is that martini glass. It takes a little bit of water; comes up, comes up, narrow channel, narrow channel. As it gets out of its full channel, one foot is a tremendous amount of water," said Dave Vroman, Gypsum Fire Chief.

Officials in Eagle County say that in order for the Eagle River to go into flood stage, it will have to double the amount of water that's flowing now.

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