Flash Flood, Ouray
- When
- August 30, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ouray County, 5 mi ENE of Ridgway
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.156, -107.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, August 30, 2000
A slow moving thunderstorm dropped very heavy rainfall to the northeast of Ridgway. The runoff from the heavy rainfall washed away a portion of County Road 10 and a ranchers head gate.
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
- $5,000
- 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 slow moving thunderstorm dropped very heavy rainfall to the northeast of Ridgway. The runoff from the heavy rainfall washed away a portion of County Road 10 and a ranchers head gate.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 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 in Utah, August 30 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 30, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 30, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 30, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 30, 2000
- Extreme Cold in California, August 30, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 30, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 30, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, August 30, 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: 5171259.