LAPORTE - A good chunk of Colorado could experience record levels of flooding in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Areas east of the divide along the Yampa, Colorado and Poudre Rivers are at the greatest risk.
The warm temperatures Colorado is seeing this week are melting massive amounts of snow in the mountains, forcing rivers to become bloated.
"It's going to be raging, it won't be long," Lon Miller of Fort Collins said.
Miller lives near the Poudre River and has noticed its change in size.
"It's building up pretty quickly right now," he said. "It's going to get a lot faster and a lot more water is going to rush through."
In Laporte Wednesday evening, more than 100 people gathered to discuss the issue with emergency management officials from Larimer County.
"We may be looking at a minor peak here in the next few days," Emergency Management Director Erick Nelson said. "We're still looking at a major peak maybe on towards Father's Day on June 20, or maybe further."
It all depends on how quickly the mountain snow pack melts. Areas around the Yampa and Colorado Rivers are seeing a larger surge than the Poudre River.
"When it starts to get high, it gets really high over there," Miller said.
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