Heavy Rain in Custer County, Colorado

Heavy Rain May 11, 2023 · Custer County, Colorado

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

There was 1.5 inches of rain that fell.

The wider storm

A closed low propagated from SW CONUS and rapidly intensified over the southeast Colorado plains. A combination of strong lift due to the rapidly intensifying cyclone and orographic lift created heavy snow over the mountains. Since this was a late spring system with origins from the Pacific, the lower elevations were warm enough for heavy rainfall that ended up causing some flooding issues along the Fountain Creek in El Paso County and Pueblo County.

Began near Wetmore (38.2000, -105.1000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1104400. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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