Flash Flood, San Miguel
- When
- July 17, 5:30 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- San Miguel County, 5 mi W of Telluride
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 38.004, -108.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, July 17, 1996
Flash flooding resulted in mud and rock slides along a 5 mile section of Colorado highway 145, 5-10 miles west of Telluride. 40 vehicles were impacted by the debris, though damage was minimal.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Flash flooding resulted in mud and rock slides along a 5 mile section of Colorado highway 145, 5-10 miles west of Telluride. 40 vehicles were impacted by the debris, though damage was minimal. It took road crews over two hours to open one lane of the highway.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
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- Lightning Strike in Idaho, July 17, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 17, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 17, 1996
- Heavy Rain in North Dakota, July 17, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, July 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 17, 1996
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557349.