Heavy Rain in Gunnison County, Colorado

Heavy Rain August 27, 2015 · Gunnison County, Colorado

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rainfall from a band of showers in a northwest flow produced a significant rock slide onto Highway 133 which closed McClure Pass for about five hours. Radar rainfall estimates for the day in the slide area were close to 1.5 inches, with most of that rainfall occurred with the band of showers in the evening.

The wider storm

Heavy rainfall initiated a significant rock slide which closed a major highway in the central Colorado mountains.

Began near Ragged Mtn (39.1288, -107.2851).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 599905. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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