Issue Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021
\nIssue Time: 9:40 AM MDT<\/p>\n
While Saturday was less exciting than Friday, there was still moderate precipitation that fell, largely in the high elevations. Early morning showers were already taking place in the Southeast Mountains and spilled over to the Southeast Plains. As the morning progressed, storms also began to form further in the Northern, Central, and Front Range Mountains as well, before spilling over into the Urban Corridor and then Eastern Plains. The Western Slope and Grand Valley were mostly dry, but some isolated<\/span> showers did produce quick 0.01-0.15 accumulation in some locations. <\/p>\n The high elevation rainfall was both helpful and harmful yesterday. Scattered<\/span> showers over the Muddy Slide Fire and Sylvan Fire helped keep fire behavior low yesterday and aid in firefighting efforts. However, a flash flood<\/span> warning<\/span> was issued for the Grizzly Creek Burn area yesterday after Doppler radar indicated heavy rainfall. A few days of moderate rain over the burn scar in addition to this heavy rain was enough to cause a mud and debris flow in Glenwood Canyon. I-70 was closed for a period of time yesterday, though has since reopened. MetStorm Live grids in the State Precipitation Map show rainfall over the burn scar as just around 0.50-1.00 inches over the last 72-hours, but still enough to saturate soils and cause runoff. CPR’s Ryan Warner and Stina Sieg tweeted information, including a photo of the slide from CDOT<\/span>, about the I-70 closure yesterday. <\/p>\n Photo and alternate route courtesy @ColoradoDOT<\/a>, which calls this “an extended closure.” https:\/\/t.co\/KJ2HEEjs9p<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Mja5eQxBwq<\/a><\/p>\n — Ryan Warner (@cprwarner) June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n