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Flash Flood in Clear Creek County, Colorado
Flash Flood July 25, 1998 · Clear Creek County, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
Torrential rainfall, 2 to 3 inches in less than an hour, triggered a flash flood in Virginia Canyon. County Road 279 between Idaho Springs and Central City, was closed for 2 days to clear off debris from mudslides. Several cars in Idaho Springs were washed off the road and numerous basements in town flooded.
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5662588. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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