Jul 31, 2019
Upper level high pressure centered over eastern New Mexico with sufficient low level moisture and instability led to isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. An area of showers developed just to the southwest of Ute Park and drifted slowly northeast over the burn scar south of town. Rainfall amounts of one quarter to one half inch led to flash flooding. A large area of rocks, mud, and debris flooded the same area impacted by several flash flood in 2018 along Eagle
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 832524). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Colfax County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.