2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 19, 1:45 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT WED JUL 19 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) METEOROLOGICAL ISSUES FOR THE SHORT-TERM ARE INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THURSDAY AND ASSOCIATED COOLING MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. CWFA CURRENTLY NOTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER WESTERN PORTIONS ALONG WITH CONTINUED ABOVE SEASONAL MID-JULY TEMPERATURES AS NOTED BY 2 PM READINGS OF 98F AT PUEBLO...100F AT SPRINGFIELD...100F AT LAMAR AND 89F AT COLORADO SPRINGS. LATEST SHORTER TERM MODELS INDICATE THAT INITIAL NORTHERLY SURGE TO PUSH INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING...ROUGHLY FROM A RATON PASS TO FAR NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY LINE BY 18Z THURSDAY...BEFORE LOWER LEVEL FLOW RETURNS TO A MORE EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION BY LATE AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF PROJECTED MORE IMPRESSIVE FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH CWFA FRIDAY AND WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE LONGER TERM DISCUSSION BELOW. AT ANY RATE...INITIAL NORTHERLY SURGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AMOUNTS OF AVAILABLE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND HELP IN GENERATING INCREASED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY BY LATER THURSDAY AS COMPARED TO TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. MODEL GENERATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE I-25 CORRIDOR ARE PROGGED TO INCREASE FROM AROUND .95 INCHES AT 6 PM TONIGHT TO AROUND 1.30 INCHES BY 6 PM THURSDAY...WHICH MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A INCREASING POSSIBILITY AND WILL INSERT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WORDING BY LATER TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF IMPENDING GRIDS/ZONES. AS MENTIONED EARLIER...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THURSDAY SHOULD BE A CATEGORY OR TWO LOWER THAN VALUES NOTED TODAY...BUT STILL AT TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES FOR MID TO LATE JULY. .LONG TERM... (THU NITE-WED) MAIN CONCERN THIS FCST PERIOD IS HOW TEMPS AND PRECIP AS LARGE AREA OF HI PRESSURE BUILDS OVER REGION LATE IN THE WEEK...WEEKEND. THU EVENING WE SHOULD SEE A QUITE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE REGION AS WEAK BOUNDARY IS FCST TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. BEST CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE OVER THE C MTNS EXTENDING E OVER THE GREATER PIKES PEAK REGION AND THEN E OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. PRIMARY COOL FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE FCST REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FLOW LATER FRIDAY SHOULD BECOME NORTHEASTERLY UP THROUGH ABOUT 600 MB AND THIS SHOULD KEEP THE BEST CHANCE OF POPS OVER E SLOPE OF THE SANGRES AND ESPECIALLY THE E SLOPES OF THE SW AND C MTNS. WITH PRETTY GOOD FORCING OVER THESE AREAS...I INCREASED POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY. POPS OVER THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY FAR E PLAINS...SHOULD BE QUITE LOW OR NONEXISTANT. SATURDAY..CENTER OF 500 MB RIDGE WILL BE OVERN N NV. MODERATE N FLOW AT MID LVS WILL BE OVER THE REGION. VERY WARM 500 MB TEMPS ALONG WITH COOLER 700 MB TEMPS WILL ALLOW LAPSE RATES TO BE QUITE LOW...AND STABILITY LIKEWISE WILL ALSO BE LOW. THIS PATTERN SHOULD KEEP THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE HIER TRRN ON THIS DAY...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR. ONE FACTOR I AM NOT TOO CONFIDENT ABOUT IS HOW MUCH LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER OVER E PLAINS ON SAT (ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING)...FOR NOW HAVE DRAWN UP GRIDDS WITH VERY HI END PARTLY CLOUDY...AND WILL LET LATER SHIFTS BETTER DEFINE HOW MUCH CLOUDS WILL BE OVER THE REGION ON THIS DAY. SUNDAY...LARGE SCALE PATTERN DEAMPLIFYS WITH TIME AS TROUGH MOVES OFF E COAST AND RIDGE OVER WEST MOVES SLOWLY EAST. I BELIEVE PLAINS WILL STILL BE ON THE STABLE SIDE WITH BEST CHANCE OF POPS OVER THE MTNS. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...FLOW WILL BECOME PRIMARILY ZONEA WITH MAIN BAND OF WESTERLIES JUST N OF THE BORDER. RIDGE OVER REGION WILL BUILD SOMEWHAT BUT DO NOT SEE ANY REAL HOT AIR BUILDING...SO TEMSP SHOULD BE AT OR A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. SHOULD SEE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF STORMS MAINLY OVER THE HIER TRRN. /HODANISH && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 77/34
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 AM MDT WED JUL 19 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-201300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 649 AM MDT WED JUL 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS...WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE. OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...A GENERAL DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 12 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A young man playing soccer was struck and killed by lightning.
A Little League coach was struck by lightning in Fremont Park.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Teller | 2006-07-19 | 17 | Male | Ball Field | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2006
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: 5522001, 5522000.