1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A reported funnel cloud caused nearly 6000 people attending the El Paso County Fair to be evacuated and sheltered in nearby school buildings.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain amounts from southwest Colorado Springs to Ramah. This rainfall occurred over already saturated ground and caused many low spots to flood. Along U.S. 24...near Ramah...the Big Sandy Creek overflowed its banks...flooding nearby pasture land. In addition to the street flooding in the Colorado Springs area...many basements and crawl spaces became flooded...which forced some residents to be evacuated due to the potential for electrical problems.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1999
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: 5716023, 5716022.