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Flash Flood — Garfield, CO

Sep 12, 2002

Property Damage
$25K

Rainfall on the Coal Seam fire burned area caused mud and debris flows across Highway 6 and 24. Mud flowed into three homes in a neighborhood below Red Mountain after debris clogged a culvert. Mud and debris flows threatened the Glenwood Springs Community Center causing the facility to be evacuated.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5320199). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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