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Emergency manager: high snowpack but orderly runoff; residents urged to prepare for floods and groundwater issues
Summary
Park City Emergency Manager Mike McComb briefed the board on above-median snowpack and high soil moisture, reporting a peak snow-water-equivalent of 40.5 inches on April 25 and current values around 30.8 inches; he outlined local preparedness steps, action/minor flood stages for McLeod Creek, and homeowner precautions.
Mike McComb, Park City emergency manager, presented runoff and flood preparedness data to the Board, saying the current snowpack and soil moisture point to a runoff season that should mainly refill reservoirs but could produce river rises and local flooding in vulnerable spots.
"We hit 40 and a half inches of snow water equivalent" at the SNOTEL site on April 25, McComb said, later reporting that number had declined to about 30.8…
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