Jul 2, 2020
Supercell thunderstorms formed over the Colorado High Plains increasing in coverage and intensity as they moved east across eastern Colorado. In Colorado, the storms produced up to golf ball sized hail and two landspout tornadoes across Yuma and Kit Carson Counties. Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding to occur over CR 54 less than a mile north of CR N.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 901959). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kit Carson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.