Flash Flood, La Plata
- When
- July 8, 3:15 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- La Plata County, Durango
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.287, -107.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, July 8, 1998
30 cubic yards of mud and debris slid off Animas Mountain and onto Animas View Drive, closing the road until the mud and debris were removed.
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.
30 cubic yards of mud and debris slid off Animas Mountain and onto Animas View Drive, closing the road until the mud and debris were removed.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 200 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 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 and Flooding in New York, July 8 to 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 8 to 9, 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: 5674076.