Flash Flood — Chaffee, Colorado

2007-08-02 to 2007-08-03 · near Alpine, Chaffee, Colorado

Event narrative

Very heavy rain saturated quartz monzonite soil...and the soil and boulders flowed down to the Chalk Creek Canyon floor and County Road 162.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in west central Chaffee County. The hardest hit area was in and around Alpine. Mud flows from the south slope of Mt. Princeton were up to six feet deep...causing damage and destruction of roads and houses. People were evacuated to Buena Vista...and no one was seriously hurt. Clean up took several days.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 56823. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.