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. A few of the storms near Westcliffe merged and became nearly stationary producing close to 3.5 inches of rain within 90 minutes. ||Storms that developed east of Westcliffe moved southeast towards the Junkins burn scar and San Isabel National Forest where rock slides and debris flows occurred along porti
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 847928). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Custer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.