flash floods

Monsoon storms have improved surface moisture in southwest Colorado, but low streamflows, dry deeper soils and weak snowpack impacts remain.

Officials say wetter weather is helping moderate fire behavior, but thunderstorms may still bring lightning, heavy rain and erratic winds.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Four Corners today, with gusty winds, small hail and isolated heavy rain possible before hotter, drier weather returns later this week.

Widespread storms bring heavy rain, hail, and flash flood risks across western Colorado and eastern Utah, with cooler temps lasting through the week.

A Republican Colorado state Senator from Adams County says he is switching to the Democratic party because the GOP is embracing false claims the last presidential election was stolen. And a woman has been missing for three days in Zion National Park after she was most likely caught in a flash flood.

Former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm died on Thursday; Fire restrictions are being lifted by the Bureau of Land Management in Southwest Colorado; Flash flood watches are in place this weekend across the Four Corners.