Flash Flood — Huerfano, Colorado

2019-09-06 · near Red Wing, Huerfano, Colorado

$5K

Property damage

Event narrative

Huerfano County Emergency Manager reports Pass Creek Road has been washed out due to flash flooding from the Spring burn scar.

Wider weather episode

A severe thunderstorm developed just north of the region and drifted into northern El Paso County on the evening of September 6th. As the storm moved towards I-25 it began to produce large hail. One report of quarter size hail was sent by a trained spotter. The storm continued to move to the east-southeast before dissipating.

Across Costilla and Huerfano counties, heavy showers and storms moved in from the San Luis Valley. These storms rode up the west side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains impacting the Spring burn scar and then moved towards the east before dissipating across the Colorado plains.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 857837. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.