1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 12:58 PM MST, 7 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 158 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) CURRENTLY...WAT VAP SHOWS WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE OVER W UTAH MOVING EAST. THIS FEATURE IS FIRING OFF CONVECTION IN WESTERN COLORADO WHICH IS MOVING EAST AND AFFECTING THE HIER TRRN OVER THE CWA. GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE S MTNS...SKIES ARE OVERCAST TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS AND LOW CEILINGS. REST OF TODAY...AS SHORT WAVE CONTINUES EAST ANTICIPATE A FEW TSRA IN THE MTNS. AS THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES EAST TO THE PLAINS IT WILL ENCOUNTER THE MUCH MORE STABLE AIRMASS AND WEAKEN...HOWEVER BELIEVE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVE AND LLVL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SCT SHRA TO DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. TONIGHT...LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE OVER PLAINS AND UPSLOPE CONTINUES OVER THE REGION. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL PREVAIL AND THIS WILL AFFECT AVIATION CONCERNS AT BOTH PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS WITH IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT THESE AIRPORTS. AS FOR PRECIP... MOST TSRA WILL BE ENDING EARLY IN THE MTNS...HOWEVER CANT RULE OUT SOME LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY DUE TO MSTR ACROSS THE REGION AND CONTINUED NW FLOW WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES. TOMORROW...NOT MUCH CHANGE AS COMPARED TO TODAY. UPLSOPE WILL CONTINUE WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS OVER THE PLAINS AND LESSER AMOUNT OVER MTNS. MODELS TRY TO BRING IN SOME CAPE OVER PLAINS BUT I AM LEANING AGAINST THIS FOR NOW. IF CAPE IS REALIZED THEN CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A SVR STORM OR TWO AS SHEAR WILL BE QUITE GOOD OVER THE PLAINS. IN THE MTNS...CONTINUED THREAT OF TSRA MOST OF THE DAY DUE TO INSOLATION REACHING THESE AREAS. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) SATURDAY EVENING CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE A COOL AND MOIST PERIOD OVER THE EAST...WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA IN A NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LOOK QUITE ADEQUATE THIS PERIOD...WITH PWS RUNNING BETWEEN .75 AND 1.25 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...AND BETWEEN .50 AND .75 INCHES WEST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO CREST AND UP INTO CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES. SCATTERED COVERAGE LOOKS GOOD THIS PERIOD...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW AND UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PUT JUST ENOUGH SPIN ON THINGS TO KEEP THE SEVERE THREAT ALIVE...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL. SUNDAY...APPEARS TO BRING A SHIFT IN THE PATTERN...WITH DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE MOVING IN. BUT...WELL STILL HAVE NORTHWEST FLOW WITH POSSIBLE SHORTWAVE ENERGY...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES...SO MAY BE ONE MORE ROUND OF T-STORMS TO FLUSH OUT AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN. WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE HAIL THREAT THIS DAY WITH NORTHWEST FLOW AND MORE SUNSHINE TO BOOST CAPES. CURRENT POPS ARE 30S. WILL NOT ADJUST THESE NOW...BUT MAY NEED REFINEMENT TO 20S (MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE) IN LATER FORECASTS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN A NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME...WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE AROUND AND SUFFICIENT SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO KEEP GENERALLY SCATTERED COVERAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE ACROSS THE PLAINS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO WARM. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THE FLOW LOOKS TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE ZONAL AND A LITTLE DRIER...AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH SWEEPS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ALSO...PATTERN LOOKS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DOWNSLOPE FLOW WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES... PROBABLY CLIMBING BACK ABOVE NORMAL. BY FRIDAY...WE MAY SEE A SLIGHT INFLUX OF MONSOON MOISTURE AGAIN AS THE WESTERN US HIGH CENTER SHIFTS OVER NEW MEXICO. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN HOT THOUGH. SO...ALL-IN-ALL...NOT MANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. MAINLY JUST SOME BLENDING WITH SURROUNDING WFOS. LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 AM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004 COZ058>089-093>099-241300- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 630 AM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH VALLEYS...AND I-25 CORRIDOR. THE THREATS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HAIL UNDER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RECUR OVER BURN SCARS...THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS SATURDAY...WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ALSO POSSIBLE...AS A COOLER AND MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH GREATER WIND SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET WARNING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. &&
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
835 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HEAVY RAIN 8 NE TWO BUTTES 37.66N 102.31W
07/23/2004 2.70 INCH PROWERS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE 745 PM THURSDAY
0625 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.88N 104.79W
07/23/2004 1.00 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL IN 20 MINUTES
0730 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW CRYSTOLA 39.01N 105.06W
07/23/2004 1.49 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SINCE 220 PM
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KCThe Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches...falling in less than an hour...on saturated soil caused flash flooding of Fountain Creek and surroundings...south of Fountain and south to the Pueblo county line.
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