Flash Flood, Pueblo
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM MST to 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, Pueblo
- Coordinates
- 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, July 11, 1996
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced flooding rain of up to 3 inches, making Highway 96 impassable at Falco Rd. There was also widespread flooding of low areas on the west side of Pueblo.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced flooding rain of up to 3 inches, making Highway 96 impassable at Falco Rd. There was also widespread flooding of low areas on the west side of Pueblo.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 11, 1996
- Hurricane in Georgia, July 11 to 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5556955.