Flood, El Paso
- When
- July 18, 10:45 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Green Mtn Falls
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Colorado, July 18, 1996
Slow moving thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall across El Paso county, causing some mud and rock across Highway 24 in Ute Pass as well as on roadways through the mountains west of Colorado Springs. In the northern and eastern parts of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, water was running curb high in some spots causing inconvenience.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 torrential rainfall across El Paso county, causing some mud and rock across Highway 24 in Ute Pass as well as on roadways through the mountains west of Colorado Springs. In the northern and eastern parts of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, water was running curb high in some spots causing inconvenience. East of Colorado Springs near Ellicott on highway 94, one foot of water was reported on the road.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 20, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1996
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: 5557126.