Debris Flow in Chaffee County, Colorado

Debris Flow August 7, 2022 · Chaffee County, Colorado

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A boulder the size of an engine was reported to have fallen into the road of Highway 285.

The wider storm

Numerous heavy rains and severe thunderstorms developed all across the region during the afternoon and evening of August 7th. Numerous flash floods, mud and debris slides, and damaging winds and hail were all reported as storms moved from the central mountains onto the eastern CO plains.

Began near Salida (38.4709, -106.0091).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1049071. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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