Flash Flood — Grand, Colorado

2021-07-22 · near Hot Sulphur Spgs, Grand, Colorado

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 971675. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.