Flash Flood, Rio Blanco
- When
- June 10, 3:00 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Rio Blanco County, 28 mi S of Rangely
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -108.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, June 10, 1997
A large mud slide was reported over state highway 139 just north of Douglas Pass, closing the road until it was cleared by a state road crew.
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.
A large mud slide was reported over state highway 139 just north of Douglas Pass, closing the road until it was cleared by a state road crew.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 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 Flooding in Mississippi, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Utah, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Funnel Clouds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 10, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Flood in Colorado, June 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 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: 5607778.