Flood, Routt
- When
- August 8, 5:00 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Routt County, 1 mi N of Steamboat Spgs
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.485, -106.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Colorado, August 8, 2001
Gravel and debris was washed over several secondary roads to the north of Steamboat Springs after a series of thunderstorms moved through the area.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
Gravel and debris was washed over several secondary roads to the north of Steamboat Springs after a series of thunderstorms moved through the area.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 12:53 PM MST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:53 PM MST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
WESTERN COLORADO & EASTERN UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 153 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2001 FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVERAGE ACROSS REGION LIMITING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY OVER THE CO/UT BORDER. SOME STORMS ARE STARTING TO FIRE ACROSS THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME STRONG STORMS OVER THE AREA WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH SLOW CLEARING EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. RIDGE REMAINS OVER SOUTHWEST US THROUGH FRIDAY BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY DRIER NORTHERLY FLOW WILL SEE LESS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EACH DAY. HOWEVER...MOISTURE LEVELS STAY HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT SCT POPS ON THURSDAY...AND SCT POPS OVER MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN AREAS WITH ISOLD POPS ELSEWHERE ON FRIDAY. TEMPS LOOK GOOD. MPM FOR THE EXTENDED (SAT-WED)...A LITTLE DRIER THIS WEEKEND AS UPPER HIGH SETTLES OVER 4-CORNERS AREA SUN...WITH RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT TO HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND UNDER RIDGE FOR SOME DIURNAL TSTMS EACH DAY. LATEST MRF DEVELOPS SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROF OVER PAC NW TUE/WED IN CONTRAST TO PREVIOUS RUN...WITH UK SIMILAR. THIS WOULD LEAD TO BETTER SW-S FLOW TOWARDS MIDWEEK...AND MRF INDICATES ANOTHER MONSOONAL PLUME OVER THE AREA BY WED. HOWEVER...NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE CURRENT BROADBRUSH FORECAST. JAD .GJT...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 11:04 AM MST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1204 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2001 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THOSE AREAS WHICH DO RECEIVE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. PEOPLE RESIDING OR RECREATING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IN STEEP AND NARROW RAVINES OR CANYONS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. MPM/JAD
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:55 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-090101- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 355 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2001 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH THIS EVENING... A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON CREATED LOCAL URBAN FLOODING IN EAGLE. EARLY REPORTS OF SMALL MUDSLIDES HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED BETWEEN PLACERVILLE AND TELLURIDE. THOSE AREAS WHICH DO RECEIVE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. PEOPLE RESIDING OR RECREATING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IN STEEP AND NARROW RAVINES OR CANYONS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in New York, August 8 to 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, August 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 8, 2001
- Heat in North Carolina, August 8, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 8, 2001
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 8, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 8, 2001
- Heat in New York, August 8 to 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 2001
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: 5264327.