Colorado, 2000Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 17, 2000
July 17, 2000 · NWS BOU · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- July 17, 1:00 PM MST to 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Pine
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An estimated 2 inches of rain reportedly fell in less than an hour. As a result two secondary roads in Buck and Miller Gulches, in the Hi Meadows burn area, washed out. Water also covered County Road 68 which connects to Bailey. Homeowners in Pine Valley Estates attempted to divert some of the runoff by piling stacks of hay above their homes.
Flash Flood, Elbert
- When
- July 17, 2:30 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, 6 mi NNW of Elizabeth
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Torrential rainfall, up to 3.5 inches in an hour, caused flash flooding along Whiskey Gulch near Elizabeth. Several roads were washed out and basements flooded during the storm. Along County Road 13, about 6 miles north-northwest of Elizabeth, rushing water washed away a 15-ft section of the road. The floodwaters forced debris and mud into four huge culverts, sending water onto the road.
Lightning, Denver
- When
- July 17, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County, Denver Intl Arpt
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.762, -104.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A United Airlines ground crew worker was struck by lightning as she was loading a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The woman was injured when lightning either hit the jet or the loading equipment that she was working near. The 25-yr old woman received minor injuries.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Mississippi, July 17, 20001 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 17, 20002 injured · $176,000 · 0.75 in hail · 24 events
- Flood in Maine, July 17, 2000$1.0 million · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 17, 2000$40,000 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 17 to 18, 20001 in hail · 8 events
- Hail in New Mexico, July 17, 20001.5 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 17, 200060 kt wind · 2 events
- Wildfire in Oregon, July 17, 20002 events
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 20001 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 17 to 19, 2000F0 · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 17, 2000$2,000 · F0 · 2 events
- Wildfire in Washington, July 17, 20002 events
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: 5173265, 5173266, 5173267.