Lightning, Adams
- When
- July 27, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Watkins
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning sparked a fire causing extensive damage to a home.
Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 27, 1997
2 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Weld
- When
- July 27, 2:30 PM MST to 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Erie
- Coordinates
- 40.555, -104.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extensive flooding occurred in the town of Erie. Basements in homes and businesses were inundated with floodwaters and several roads also damaged. Some parts of town were reportedly under 5 feet of water.
Flash Flood, Arapahoe
- When
- July 27, 3:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, (Bkf)buckley Fld Nas
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highwaters from swollen creeks and streams washed out bridges and several sections of road in southeast Aurora. A 200-300 foot section of road was washed away where Picadilly Street dipped across Coal Creek. Three youths had to be rescued when they became stranded by rapidly rising water in another normally small creek.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 27 to 28, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 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: 5607366, 5607277, 5607367.