Flash Flood, Rio Blanco
- When
- August 12, 1:00 PM MST to 1:20 PM MST
- Where
- Rio Blanco County, 30 mi S of Rangely
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -108.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, August 12, 1997
Heavy rains resulted in 3 feet of water and debris on highway 139. Natural gas pipe lines were exposed due to the erosion.
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
- $1,000
- 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.
Heavy rains resulted in 3 feet of water and debris on highway 139. Natural gas pipe lines were exposed due to the erosion.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Utah, August 12, 1997
- Rip Current in Florida, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 12 to 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 12, 1997
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 1997
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: 5618639.