Flash Flood, Prowers
- When
- July 24, 9:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 4 mi NW of Lamar
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -102.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, July 24, 1998
Scattered thunderstorms produced rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour over previously saturated ground. At least 6 inches of water was reported flowing across parts of highway 196 northwest of Lamar.
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 PUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour over previously saturated ground. At least 6 inches of water was reported flowing across parts of highway 196 northwest of Lamar.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Utah, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Nevada, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 24, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1998
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: 5662979.