Flash Flood, El Paso
- When
- June 9, 7:00 PM MST to June 10, 12:30 AM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Manitou Spgs
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 9 to 10, 1997
Another round of thunderstorms dumped heavy rain on the Fountain and Cheyenne Creeks drainage basins, causing flash floods and a prolonged period of high water.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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.
Another round of thunderstorms dumped heavy rain on the Fountain and Cheyenne Creeks drainage basins, causing flash floods and a prolonged period of high water.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, El Paso
- When
- June 9, 10:00 PM MST to June 10, 12:30 AM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4 mi WSW of Colorado 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
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 9, 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: 5603279, 5603280.