Heavy Rain in Montezuma County, Colorado
Heavy Rain August 23, 2016 · Montezuma County, Colorado
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
About 3 miles east of Cortez a storm total of 1.31 inches of rain was measured.
The wider storm
An upper level low pressure system funneled moisture into western Colorado which resulted in numerous slow-moving showers and embedded thunderstorms, some with heavy rainfall especially in the Cortez area.
Began near Cortez (37.3600, -108.5300).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 683122. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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