Flash Flood, Teller
- When
- June 6, 8:15 PM MST to 10:15 PM MST
- Where
- Teller County, 3 mi SE of Woodland Park
- Coordinates
- 38.882, -105.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 6, 1997
Thunderstorms banked up against the Rampart Range west of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs with a southeast airflow and produced prolonged rain and heavy rain totals. Rain amounts ranged from four to eight inches in the mountains and into Manitou Springs and Ute Pass.
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
- 2
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.
Thunderstorms banked up against the Rampart Range west of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs with a southeast airflow and produced prolonged rain and heavy rain totals. Rain amounts ranged from four to eight inches in the mountains and into Manitou Springs and Ute Pass. There was flooding of Ruxton, Sutherland, Rock, and Fountain Creeks in both El Paso and Teller counties. Around Crystola, on the Teller-El Paso county line, several bridges were washed out on Fountain Creek. In Green Mountain Falls, people were evacuated from a motel, when an 8-foot portion of foundation washed into flooded Fountain Creek. There were several rock and mud slides in Ute Pass on U.S. 24 and other roads.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, El Paso
- When
- June 6, 9:00 PM MST to 10:45 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Manitou Spgs
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Montana, June 6 to 29, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 6 to 7, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 6, 1997
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 1997
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: 5603275, 5603276.