Flash Flood in Grand County, Colorado

Flash Flood July 22, 2021 · Grand County, Colorado

$15K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain produced a debris flow that impacted CO-125 near Mile Marker 7. County Road 21 was also flooded near its confluence. The debris flow forced the closure of the highway until it could be cleared. A mud/debris flow in the Cabin Creek drainage partially buried a parked USFS vehicle, and trapped the employee behind a washed-out road. The Forest Service employee was assessing one of the closed forest service roads when the storm hit, he was found safe and uninjured.

The wider storm

Heavy rain produced a debris flow that impacted CO-125 near Mile Marker 7 in the East Troublesome burn area. A USFS vehicle was entrapped in a mud/debris flow on Cabin Creek Road. It partially buried his vehicle. The employee was safe and uninjured. Localized flash flooding also occurred along Kinney Creek in the Williams Fork burn area.

Began near Hot Sulphur Spgs (40.2100, -106.0600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 971675. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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