Flood, Adams
- When
- July 16, 6:10 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Denver Front Range A
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Colorado, July 16, 2000
Very moist and unstable conditions, combined with upslope during the late afternoon and evening hours, triggered widespread urban and small stream flooding in and around the Denver metropolitan area. Rainfall amounts generally ranged from 1 to 3 inches, with the heaviest rainfall occurring during the evening hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 BOU wrote it up.
Very moist and unstable conditions, combined with upslope during the late afternoon and evening hours, triggered widespread urban and small stream flooding in and around the Denver metropolitan area. Rainfall amounts generally ranged from 1 to 3 inches, with the heaviest rainfall occurring during the evening hours. Two miles east of White Ranch, an automated rain gage measured nearly 4 inches of rain/3.86/. Since the rain fell in a relatively open area, no flood damage was reported. In Greenwood Village however, near Peoria and Bellview, the road was closed for several hours as 2 feet of standing water covered the roadway.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Arapahoe
- When
- July 16, 6:10 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, (Apa)englwood Arapah
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Denver
- When
- July 16, 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County, Denver
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.762, -104.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Jefferson
- When
- July 16, 7:30 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 5 mi W of Arvada
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 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: 5173262, 5173263, 5173264, 5173261.