Heavy Rain in Montezuma County, Colorado

Heavy Rain July 16, 2018 · Montezuma County, Colorado

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorms moved over the area and produced 1.55 inches of rain within an hour and a half. Street flooding occurred as the storm drains were not able to handle the volume of rainfall. Water backed up into an area next to the flooded roads and flowed into the ground level floors of an apartment building. Water also pooled up to about a foot deep in a large vacant field.

The wider storm

Deep subtropical moisture lingered across southwest Colorado and resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and debris flows.

Began near Cortez (37.3408, -108.5901).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 782891. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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