Flash Flood — Rio Blanco, Colorado

2017-08-12 · near Rio Blanco, Rio Blanco, Colorado

Event narrative

Heavy rainfall, with radar estimates of nearly two inches of total rain within about an hour on the Roan Plateau, produced flash flooding several feet deep which came down drainages and ran across farm fields before ending up in Piceance Creek.

Wider weather episode

A very moist air mass where thunderstorms developed in a slow moving westerly flow resulted in heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 707699. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.