3 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 25, 1:36 PM MST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 PM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY) CURRENTLY...AS EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PIKES PEAK REGION AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO WESTERN COLORADO. SURFACE DEW POINTS HOLDING IN THE 50S OVER EAST PLAINS AND 40S MOUNTAINS SO PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO WORK WITH ALONG WITH THE +8 OR GREATER LAPSE RATES. THE DIFFERENCE TODAY IS THE SHORT WAVE AND A BETTER WESTERLY STEERING CURRENT THAT WILL HELP PUSH STORMS OUT ONTO THE PLAINS. COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH HAIL OVER PIKES PEAK REGION AT LEAST INTO THE EVENING WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ONE INCH TO 1.25 BUT AT LEAST STORMS WILL HAVE BETTER MOVEMENT THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. TONIGHT...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE AND LIGHTNING DETECTION SUGGEST THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW ACROSS UTAH AND COLORADO AND MODELS SEEM TO BE GRABBING ON TO JUST ONE. COULD BE MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ALTHOUGH TIMING WILL BE TOUGH. RAISED POPS TO NUMEROUS OVER EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS FOR EVENING HOURS AND INDICATED +TSRA IN WEATHER GRIDS. BOUNDARY WILL STALL OUT ALONG COLO/NM BORDER AND LAY UP AGAINST THE EAST SLOPES OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. ACTIVITY WILL RUN LATER THAN NORMAL SO HELD ON TO SOME LOW POPS IN THE EAST. AS STORMS MOVE OUT ONTO THE PLAINS THERE WILL BE SOME BOUNDARY INTERACTION AND WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES COULD SEE SOME JUMP UP AND PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. MENTIONED POTENTIAL IN THE HWO UPDATE. WEDNESDAY...LOTS TO THINK ABOUT FOR WEDNESDAY. MODELS TAKE SHORT WAVE TROF ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO DURING AFTERNOON AND GFS GENERATES QUITE A PRECIP BULLSEYE OVER THE SOUTHEAST. THIS IS PROBABLY SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AS NAM12 IS DRIER BUT PATTERNS ARE SIMILAR AS WE REMAIN IN THIS WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH SHORT WAVES RIPPLING ALONG. SURFACE BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH AND A LOW LEVEL EASTERLY WIND WILL PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SETTING UP OVER HIGH TERRAIN EARLY THEN SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...A HEALTHY SHORTWAVE DROPS DOWN THE EASTERN CO PLAINS ON WED AS THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. BOTH NAM AND GFS MODELS INDICATE SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT DROPS DOWN INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO DURING THE EVENING. PAINTED SCATTERED POPS ALL AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...THEN TAPERED POPS OFF WITH THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS HANGING ONTO PCPN THE LONGEST INTO EARLY THU AM. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FOR THE REST OF THURSDAY AND THROUGH FRIDAY THE UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO SHIFT TO THE EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES. MODELS INDICATE SOME DRYING...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE IS LEFT FOR THE OBLIGATORY AFTN AND EVE POPS BOTH DAYS...ISOLATED FOR THE PLAINS AND LOW ISOLD TO SCATTERED FOR THE MTS. MAX TEMPS START TO HEAT UP ON FRI WITH DECREASING CLOUD COVER AND IMPENDING SW FLOW ALOFT...AND CURRENT GRIDS FORECAST THIS. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS TO THE EAST TOWARDS THE CENTRAL U.S. AS THE WEST COAST TROUGH AMPLIFIES. THIS WILL OPEN THE MONSOON MOISTURE TAP ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS AND INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF COLORADO. SW FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CWA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ISOLATED PCPN ALL AREAS...WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION FOR THE MTS. DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS THERE WILL BE THE ISOLATED RISK OF CONVECTION FOR THE SW MTS AS WELL. ALSO...SW FLOW SHOULD PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS EVEN WITH THE CLOUD COVER. LITTLE ADJUSTMENT NEEDED TO THE ONGOING FORECAST GRIDS. MOORE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1128 AM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-261730- 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- 1128 AM MDT TUE JUL 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE LATE INTO THE EVENING. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE THEN SPREAD INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY INTENSIFY TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. AS THE STORMS MIGRATE TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING WHERE THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE MONSOON PLUME SHIFTS BACK OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING BACK THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains and subsequent flooding caused damage of roads in the Turkey Creek Basin of Teller County.
Heavy thunderstorm rains and subsequent flooding caused road damage near La Veta in Huerfano County.
Heavy thunderstorm rains and subsequent flooding caused major erosion and damage to roads northwest of Aguilar in Las Animas county.
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: 5522248, 5522249, 5522250.