5 flash flood, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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 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 9, 2:43 AM MST, 8 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 343 AM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IS AGAIN THE PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM. CWFA CURRENTLY NOTING SHOWERS SLOWLY EXITING NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. IMPRESSIVE SURFACE DEW-POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S NOTED OVER THE PLAINS WITH EVEN SOME LOWER 50S DEW POINTS STILL OBSERVED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. IN ADDITION...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE 1.1O TO 1.35 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE CWFA WHICH IS IN THE IMPRESSIVE 150% TO 180% RANGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. LATEST COMPUTER MODELS...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE PLUME TO CONTINUE OVER THE CWFA TODAY INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY PORTIONS OF TONIGHT AND EVEN WITH LIMITED HEATING EXPECTED TODAY...LOCALIZED HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN BURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS EFFECTIVE NEAR-TROPICAL TYPE AIRMASS. ALSO...AS UPPER WAVE MOVES ACROSS/NEAR CWFA TODAY INTO TONIGHT...SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE LARGER SCALE ASCENT WILL BE NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. FINALLY...LATEST NAM MODEL INDICATES THAT ANOTHER NORTHERLY SURGE SHOULD BE ALIGNED FROM FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY 00Z MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN FACTOR HOLDING BACK THE POTENTIAL FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD/HEAVIER PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL BE THE PROJECTED COOL EARLY TO MID JULY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...WITH THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL PAST DAYS OF RAIN...SOME QUITE HEAVY AND WITH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED PARAMETERS IN PLACE I THINK IT IS PRUDENT TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SEVERAL CATEGORIES BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES TODAY MOST AREAS. THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES AND NATIONAL CENTERS FOR COORDINATION/COLLABORATION. .LONG TERM... (MON THROUGH SAT) ...WARMING AND DRYING TREND STILL IN THE OFFING NEXT WEEK... MON THROUGH SAT...MODELS ARE STILL ATTEMPTING TO USHER IN A RELATIVELY DEEPER DRIER AIR MASS NEXT WEEK. WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT SYNOPTIC SCALE SYSTEM...IT MIGHT BE TOUGH TO TOTALLY WIPE OUT ALL OF THE SFC MOISTURE FROM THE PAST WEEKS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...IF MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT MIXES DOWN...THEN SFC DEW POINTS WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN WEEKS PAST. AN ELONGATED MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO STRETCH FROM NM INTO THE PLAINS WITH SW-W FLOW OVER THE CNTRL ROCKIES. THIS MAY START TO MIGRATE MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT INTO THE CNTRL ROCKIES. GIVEN WE ARE HEADING INTO PEAK TSTM CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS...IT IS TOUGH TO COMPLETELY REMOVE POPS. PLAN TO GO BACK TO THE TYPICAL VERY LOW POPS FOR THE AFTN AND EVE. POPS/WX WILL MAINLY BE FOR THE MTS AND HIGH VALLEYS. IF THIS PATTERN CHANGE VERIFIES...WE WILL TRANSITION TO MORE HIGH CLOUD BASE...A FEW DRY...TSTMS. THIS WILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A RELIEF FROM THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PAST WEEK...BUT INCREASE THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE STARTS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE HEADING TO AT OR ABOVE AVERAGE READINGS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. GFS HAS H7 TEMPERATURES OF +16C TO +19C. METZE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 11 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COZ072-COZ073-COZ074-COZ075-COZ076-COZ077-COZ078- COZ079-COZ080-COZ081-COZ082-COZ083-COZ084-COZ085-COZ086-COZ087- COZ088-COZ089-COZ093-COZ094-COZ095-COZ096-COZ097-COZ098-COZ099. && 77/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 656 AM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-101300- 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- 656 AM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS...THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS...THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA FROM LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. IN AREAS OF MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT DAYS PRECIPITATION...IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WILDFIRE SCARS...URBANIZED AREAS...AND LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN RECENT FLOODING OR HEAVY RAIN...WILL ALL BE ESPECIALLY SUBJECT TO FLOOD PROBLEMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE REMAINING AREAS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO CURRENTLY NOT COVERED BY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE HEAVY RAIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FLOODING IN THESE AREAS IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE LOCALIZED AND GENERALLY OF LESSER IMPACT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE LOCAL MEDIA...OR MONITOR THE INTERNET FOR THE MOST TIMELY WARNING AND FORECAST INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND....THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS DURING THE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. WITH LONG TERM DROUGHT PROBLEMS...THE THREAT FOR WILDFIRES WILL BE INCREASING NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. 77/METZE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
852 AM MDT SUN JUL 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM HEAVY RAIN SECURITY 38.75N 104.74W
07/09/2006 M0.87 INCH EL PASO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HOUR AMOUNT
1205 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 N PUEBLO RESERVOIR 38.30N 104.75W
07/09/2006 M2.99 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR AMOUNT
1205 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 N PUEBLO RESERVOIR 38.33N 104.75W
07/09/2006 M2.16 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR AMOUNT
1205 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N BEULAH 38.07N 104.99W
07/09/2006 M2.25 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR AMOUNT
&&The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 202 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:33 UTC.
5 flash flood, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak, short-lived tornado caused no known damage.
Heavy rains from thunderstorms brought flooding to Baca County. A draw flowing into Sand Arroyo Creek, 3 miles south of Walsh, was filled with fast flowing water and debris 150 yards wide and four feet deep.
A non-supercell thunderstorm developed when two boundaries collided, which subsequently formed a short-lived tornado. The track of the tornado extended from The National Horsemans Arena near McCulloch Blvd. to Purcell Blvd. near a large grocery store. On the F-scale, the tornado was rated F1 at its maximum strength. The tornado cut a path, ranging from 50 feet to 200 feet wide, starting at The National Horsemans Arena. After touching down just west of the Arena, It knocked down a section of fence and shattered windows in a structure at an arena just to the east of the fence. The tornado moved on to the southern end of a campground, flipping over a trailer and ripping the sheet metal roofing off a building. It moved east-southeastward across several businesses between Industrial Blvd. and U.S. Highway 50. A lawn care business building had a large section of its eastern wall destroyed. Several trailers, boats, and vehicles were moved by the high winds. The weakening tornado struck a rather well anchored chain link fence just west of Purcell Blvd., damaging an 85 foot section of the fence. It then crossed that property, slightly damaging the fence on the other side of the property, as it weakening further.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in one hour's time fell on already saturated ground in Pueblo County as well as several other counties in southeast Colorado. Numerous creeks, arroyos and low water crossings flooded with fast flowing water and debris. The heavy rain also caused flooding of roads in Pueblo West and over portions of I-25, prompting numerous water rescues. As the heavy rains continued eastward, flooding problems then spread east across portions of Crowley, Otero and Bent Counties, leaving behind additional closed roads, including US Highway 50 in La Junta, Highway 194 near Las Animas and numerous county roads around Ordway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 2006Warnings 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: 5522085, 5522086, 5522152, 5522153, 5522154, 5522155, 5522156.