Flash Flood, Garfield
- When
- August 5, 9:30 PM MST to 9:45 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, Douglas Pass
- Coordinates
- 39.599, -107.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, August 5, 1997
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across highway 139 on the south side of Douglas Pass. A large amount of mud as well as boulders up to 4 feet in diameter were deposited onto the road.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Marine and coastal
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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 flash flooding across highway 139 on the south side of Douglas Pass. A large amount of mud as well as boulders up to 4 feet in diameter were deposited onto the road.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:25 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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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: 5618637.