Sep 28, 2017
An upper low was located over southern Utah with strong southwest flow aloft. Low level winds were out of the east bringing in good low level moisture to the region as dew points were into the lower 60s. Thunderstorms developed around 2AM over western El Paso county and trained over the area for several hours producing rainfall amounts of 2 to over 4 inches in just a few hours which lead to flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 722185). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in El Paso County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.