A rockslide fell onto Camp Bird Road just south of Ouray and killed the driver of a Jeep when a boulder crashed through the roof of the vehicle. A passenger received minor injuries.
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A rockslide fell onto Camp Bird Road just south of Ouray and killed the driver of a Jeep when a boulder crashed through the roof of the vehicle. A passenger received minor injuries.
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 30, 1:30 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 230 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... EVEN WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE TODAY REQUIRED A HIGH TEMP TO REACH OUR CONVECTION THRESHOLD SO ACTIVITY IS STARTING AN HOUR OR TWO LATE TODAY. MAIN CONCERN FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL BE THE LOW IN NM KEEPING EAST FLOW AND PUSHING THE FOUR CORNERS STORMS TO THE WEST. INTERESTING PERIOD AHEAD WITH TIGHT CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST COAST. THE NM SYSTEM IS SLIDING TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON PER SATELLITE BUT WRF MOVES THIS TO EAST CENTRAL NM BY MORNING AND THEN DESOLVES IT. THE WEST COAST SYSTEM IS DISAPPOINTING COMPARED TO WHAT I SAW WHEN I LEFT LAST WEEK. IT HAS SLOWED AND FILLED...NOW PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS MONDAY NIGHT. THE REALIZED OUTCOME OF ALL THIS WILL BE LOTS OF CONVECTION IN THE FOUR CORNERS AND SAN JUANS THROUGH THE PERIOD AND INCREASE IN WEATHER ELSEWHERE LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AND WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR ANY TRAINING IN THE FOUR CORNERS WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. OTHERWISE NORMAL CLIMATE...DIURNAL ACTIVITY UNDER MONSOON FLOW. CURRENT FORECAST HAS GOOD HANDLE ON THINGS SO ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE. DJC/21 .LONG-TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... A DRIER AIR MASS BEHIND THE TROUGH ON MON/TUE WILL RESULT IN A DECREASE IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS COMPARED TO EARLY IN THE WEEK. HOWEVER ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR THE TYPICAL LATE-DAY THUNDERSTORM PATTERN...WHICH WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH. LATER IN THE WEEK...THE MODELS AGREE THAT THE PATTERN WILL AGAIN BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR A RETURN TO A JUICIER FLOW. BUT THE 12Z GFS IS A LITTLE DRIER AS IT KEEPS THE FLOW MORE ZONAL THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. HOWEVER...HAVE NOT CHANGED THE FORECAST OF CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE WITH THE FAVORED AREA THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. TEMPS WILL WARM TO AROUND NORMAL BY THU. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. && DJC/EH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-311200- 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- 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHEAST UTAH...SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL COLORADO WILL SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY...EXPECT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE LOWER VALLEYS. MANY STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. TUESDAY...DRIER WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ISOLATED STORMS FOR VALLEY AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debris Flow, Northwestern San Juan Mountains | 2006-07-31 | 62 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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