Debris Flow in Pitkin County, Colorado

Debris Flow May 7, 2023 · Pitkin County, Colorado

$500

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Warm temperatures increased snowmelt and caused a debris flow on unsettled slopes on the Rio Grande Trail in Snowmass Canyon. The trail ran along the Roaring Fork River.

The wider storm

Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on drainages in Pitkin and Gunnison counties. As a result, flooding compromised various trails in Pitkin County as well as a ranch along East River in Gunnison County.

Began near (ase)aspen Arpt (39.2250, -106.8570).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1086431. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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