Flash Flood, Eagle
- When
- August 21, 1:15 PM MST to 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Eagle County, 1 mi N of Bond
- Coordinates
- 39.628, -106.695 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, August 21, 1997
Heavy rains resulted in a flash flood with a large amount of mud and other debris traversing highway 131. Mud up to 2 feet deep remained along a 60 foot section of the highway after the flood waters subsided.
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
- None recorded
- 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 a flash flood with a large amount of mud and other debris traversing highway 131. Mud up to 2 feet deep remained along a 60 foot section of the highway after the flood waters subsided.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 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
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
- Tornado in Colorado, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
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: 5618641.