Heavy Rain, Archuleta
- When
- May 20, 4:30 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Archuleta County, Pagosa Spgs
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Colorado, May 20, 1997
25 inches of rain, most of which fell within an hour. The heavy rain resulted in street flooding and some stalled vehicles.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 weather spotter reported 1.25 inches of rain, most of which fell within an hour. The heavy rain resulted in street flooding and some stalled vehicles. Half-inch diameter hail was also reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, May 20, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Utah, May 20, 1997
- Cold in Wisconsin, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 20, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 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: 5600650.