Flash Flood, Mesa
- When
- August 19, 1:30 PM MST to 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Mesa County, 4 mi SW of Gateway
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.018, -108.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, August 19, 2000
A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped very heavy rainfall to the south and southwest of Gateway, CO. This resulted in numerous rock and mud slides along Colorado Highway 141, as well as water 3 to 4 feet deep over a highway bridge.
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
- $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.
A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped very heavy rainfall to the south and southwest of Gateway, CO. This resulted in numerous rock and mud slides along Colorado Highway 141, as well as water 3 to 4 feet deep over a highway bridge. The highway was closed as up to 3 feet of mud and debris covered portions of the road. Road crews reopened the highway about 6 hours after the mud slides occurred. In addition, 4 head of cattle were killed during the flash flood. Damage to 3 vehicles and hydroelectric pumping equipment was also reported.
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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, August 19 to 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 2000
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: 5156938.