Flash Flood — San Miguel, Colorado

2019-07-26 · near Norwood Arpt, San Miguel, Colorado

Event narrative

Water flowed across roadways in San Miguel Canyon along Colorado Highway 145 with standing water reported near Keystone.

Wider weather episode

Strong instability and adequate subtropical moisture from the North American Monsoon led to training thunderstorms which developed across western Colorado. Some storms produced heavy rain which led to localized flooding and debris flows across some southwest and west-central counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 835021. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.