Heavy Rain, La Plata
- When
- July 12, 1:45 PM MST to 1:55 PM MST
- Where
- La Plata County, 1.2 mi N of Durango
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.287, -107.879
Heavy rainfall up to 0.50 inches fell in 10 minutes. Pea-sized hail also occurred.
Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 12, 2008
A thunderstorm caused heavy rain near Durango.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
A thunderstorm caused heavy rain near Durango.
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
- Rip Currents in New Jersey, July 12 to 16, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, July 12 to 13, 2008
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flooding in California, July 12 to 15, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Illinois, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 12 to 13, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, July 12, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 12, 2008
- Flooding in Indiana, July 12 to 17, 2008
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2008
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 121612.