Heavy Rain in Pitkin County, Colorado

Heavy Rain August 4, 2017 · Pitkin County, Colorado

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Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A series of strong thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall in the Elk Run subdivision which resulted in water that flowed into several homes. A home on Red Tail Court took the brunt of water flowing off the hillside and had two feet of water in the lower level. Some of the streets in Elk Run were coated with as much as 6 inches of mud. Radar estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain fell throughout the day.

The wider storm

An unsettled northwesterly flow aloft brought in a series of embedded upper level disturbances that produced scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across western Colorado. Significant rainfall occurred with some storms which resulted in mudslides and flash flooding in portions of the state.

Began near Snowmass (39.3661, -107.0249).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 717931. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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