Heavy Rain, Garfield
- When
- March 27, 10:00 PM MST to 10:15 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 6 mi E of Glenwood Spgs
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 39.599, -107.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Colorado, March 27, 1998
Heavy rains triggered a rock slide onto I-70 in Glenwood Canyon. Boulders up to five feet in diameter smashed into two cars and damaged a section of the road and a guard rail.
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
- 1
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
Heavy rains triggered a rock slide onto I-70 in Glenwood Canyon. Boulders up to five feet in diameter smashed into two cars and damaged a section of the road and a guard rail. One person and a dog received minor injuries.
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
- High Wind in Ohio, March 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 27 to 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 1998
- High Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 27, 1998
- Heat in Maine, March 27 to 31, 1998
- Heat in New York, March 27 to 31, 1998
- Heat in Virginia, March 27 to 31, 1998
- Heat in New Jersey, March 27 to 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, March 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: 5638302.