Heavy Rain, Eagle
- When
- July 19, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eagle County, 5 mi S of Gypsum
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.628, -106.695 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 19, 2004
Heavy rain resulted in minor flooding in the area, including several inches of water and debris which flowed across a section of Valley Road.
Where it happened
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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.
Heavy rain resulted in minor flooding in the area, including several inches of water and debris which flowed across a section of Valley Road.
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 Jul 19, 12:50 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:50 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 150 PM MDT MON JUL 19 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... ANOTHER ACTIVE AFTERNOON UNDERWAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. STORM MOTION GENERALLY TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO A FEW CELLS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS ANOTHER WAVE ROTATES NORTHEAST ACROSS UTAH AND INTO THE FA...SO HAVE INCREASED EVENING POPS. ANOTHER MILD NIGHT IN STORE...WITH CLOUD COVER AND SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HELPING TO KEEP MINS UP. OVERALL CONDITIONS START TO DRY ON TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE GETS SUPPRESSED SOUTH INTO NEW MEXICO BY A PACNW TROUGH WHICH IS FCST TO SLIDE THROUGH THE NRN ROCKIES. WITH DRIER CONDITIONS MOVING IN ALOFT...EXPECT FEWER...BUT SLIGHTLY STRONGER STORMS OVER THE FA. RDG REMAINS SUPPRESSED TO OUR SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE REBUILDING OVER THE WESTERN U.S. LATER IN THE WEEK. GENERAL TREND IS TOWARD DRIER CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND WITH FLOW ALOFT BECOMING MORE NWLY AND DRIER AIR OVER CALIFORNIA GETTING CAUGHT UP INTO THE RDG...WL FOLLOW THIS LEAD. TEMPS TO CLIMB A COUPLE DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SLOWLY ERODES... AND H7 TEMPS CLIMB TO AROUND +17 C...AND HAVE GEARED TEMPS MORE TOWARD MET GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD WEST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE PATTERN WILL BE A SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL AFFECT MAINLY NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA ON FRIDAY. HAVE CONTINUED THE TREND OF INCREASED POPS ON FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS WAVE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE LOWER ELEVATIONS/CHANCE POPS OVER MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AS ADEQUATE MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS CWA. HAVE COOLED MAX TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND A FEW DEGREES OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS PACKAGE. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. JDC/MPM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:45 AM MST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT MON JUL 19 2004 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-201145- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 545 AM MDT MON JUL 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF OR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN OR URBAN AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING...AND IN AREAS BURNED BY WILDFIRES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL...HAIL OR WIND REPORTS. TAL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 19, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 19, 2004
- Hail in Minnesota, July 19, 2004
- Hail in Iowa, July 19, 2004
- Hail in Oregon, July 19, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, July 19, 2004
- Tornado in Oregon, July 19, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 19, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 19, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Idaho, July 19, 2004
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 19, 2004
More
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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: 5416832.