FloodZoneMap.org

Colorado Flood Stories

553 first-hand accounts of flood events in Colorado, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 21, 2019

Slow moving storms coming out of the high terrain of the Rampart Range and the Wet Mountains produced very heavy rainfall on the evening of Jul 21st. Several reports of over 1.5 to 3.0 inches of rain were reported across the hardest hit areas, Monument, and Beulah.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 20, 2019

A very active severe weather day with flash flooding occurred much of the Front Range and eastern Colorado plains counties.||At 235 PM MDT the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #533 for Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 20, 2019

A very active severe weather day with flash flooding occurred much of the Front Range and eastern Colorado plains counties.||At 235 PM MDT the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #533 for Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 20, 2019

A very active severe weather day with flash flooding occurred much of the Front Range and eastern Colorado plains counties.||At 235 PM MDT the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #533 for Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 20, 2019

A very active severe weather day with flash flooding occurred much of the Front Range and eastern Colorado plains counties.||At 235 PM MDT the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #533 for Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 20, 2019

A very active severe weather day with flash flooding occurred much of the Front Range and eastern Colorado plains counties.||At 235 PM MDT the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #533 for Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Pueblo, CO · Jul 20, 2019

A very active severe weather day with flash flooding occurred much of the Front Range and eastern Colorado plains counties.||At 235 PM MDT the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #533 for Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

El Paso, CO · Jul 21, 2019

Slow moving storms coming out of the high terrain of the Rampart Range and the Wet Mountains produced very heavy rainfall on the evening of Jul 21st. Several reports of over 1.5 to 3.0 inches of rain were reported across the hardest hit areas, Monument, and Beulah.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Custer, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Custer, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Costilla, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

El Paso, CO · Aug 8, 2019

During the afternoon and evening hours of August 8, 2019, ample monsoonal flow pushed into the high terrain of the Rampart Range and the Wet Mountains.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Huerfano, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Custer, CO · Jul 22, 2019

Monsoonal airmass was in place during the afternoon and evening of July 22, 2019 allowing for heavy showers and storms to develop over the high country and slowly move towards the east-southeast.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Custer, CO · Aug 8, 2019

During the afternoon and evening hours of August 8, 2019, ample monsoonal flow pushed into the high terrain of the Rampart Range and the Wet Mountains.

Read the full account →
Flood

Mesa, CO · May 18, 2023

Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on drainages in several counties across the Western Slope. As a result, flooding compromised various low-lying roads and areas.

Read the full account →
Flood

Moffat, CO · May 18, 2023

Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on drainages in several counties across the Western Slope. As a result, flooding compromised various low-lying roads and areas.

Read the full account →
← PreviousPage 18 of 24Next →

View Colorado flood zone data →