A fast-moving intense storm dropped 1/2 inch to 6/10 of an inch of rain in a 15-minute time frame across Waldo and Williams Canyons in the Waldo Canyon burn scar. The result was a debris flow across the westbound lanes of US Highway 24 northwest of Manitou Springs, and flooding across north central Manitou Springs.
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A fast-moving intense storm dropped 1/2 inch to 6/10 of an inch of rain in a 15-minute time frame across Waldo and Williams Canyons in the Waldo Canyon burn scar. The result was a debris flow across the westbound lanes of US Highway 24 northwest of Manitou Springs, and flooding across north central Manitou Springs. US Highway 24 was closed to westbound traffic for nearly two hours and Manitou Avenue into Manitou Springs was closed for a time. Three houses were destroyed and 10 were damaged. There were no fatalities or serious injuries. Water and debris flow occurred down Canon Avenue and adjacent streets and into the downtown area.
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 1, 1:52 PM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 252 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 248 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATING MODERATE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE AS A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE PERSISTS ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION WITH AN UPPER LOW AND BROAD UPPER TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATING AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE DIGGING DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AT THIS TIME. CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA INDICATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND INTO THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE WITH MORE CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN MTS AT THIS TIME. FURTHER EAST...MORNING CONVECTION HAS KEPT TEMPERATURE RATHER COOL FOR EARLY JULY STANDARDS WITH READINGS IN THE 60S TO MID 70S AT THIS TIME. TONIGHT...HAVE STAYED CLOSER TO THE HIGHER RES MODELS WHICH KEEP CONVECTION THROUGH THE LATE EVENING TIED TO AREAS OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH BEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS AS THE EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. THE BRISK NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OWNING TO BULK SHEARS AROUND 40KTS...THOUGH THE MODEST INSTABILITY SHOULD LIMIT STORM STRENGTH AND DURATION OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL...WHICH WILL STILL POSE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WALDO AND OTHER RECENT BURN SCARS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. HAVE ALSO KEPT SLIGHT POPS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION WITH H7 WAA DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT. MORE OF THE SAME FOR TOMORROW...WITH MODERATE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTING AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND CENTRAL CONUS TROUGH SLOWLY MOVE EAST. MODELS INDICATING SOME DRYING ALOFT MIXING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA WITH MODEST INSTABILITY AND CAPES BETWEEN 400-800 J/KG PROGGED ACROSS THE AREA. BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS TO REMAIN OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH ENOUGH SHEAR TO PRODUCE A FEW STRONGER STORMS. TEMPS ALOFT PROGGED TO WARM SLIGHTLY AND SHOULD SEE TEMPS A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY...THOUGH STILL BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 248 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER IOWA AND MEANDERING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. OVER COLORADO...NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE. AT THE SURFACE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS PROGGED TO BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM SOME ON WEDNESDAY...SO HAVE BUMPED UP HIGH TEMPS A FEW DEGREES. THURSDAY-MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS FLATTENED AS STRONG UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH CONVECTION POSSIBLY MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A PIECE OF ENERGY MOVES THROUGH COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON. DIFFICULT TO TIME THE WEAK WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW HOWEVER. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT AREAS THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH A FEW STORMS COULD MAKE IT OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND ONTO THE PLAINS. ALSO NOTE THAT THE ECMWF IS QUITE A BIT DRIER THAN THE GFS DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD RETURN TO LEVELS THAT ARE AT OR ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. STARK && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 248 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS TO CONTINUE OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE LATE EVENING...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT...SAVE THE FAR SE PLAINS WHERE A FEW ELEVATED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. STILL COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF MVFR TO POTENTIALLY IFR CONDITIONS WITH STORMS...MAINLY AT COS AND ALS. MORE OF THE SAME EXPECTED TOMORROW WITH SCATTERED LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...MW LONG TERM...STARK AVIATION...MW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1143 AM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-021400- 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- 1143 AM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TODAY. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FLOODING WILL BE OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...PARTICULARLY THE BLACK FOREST AND WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AREAS. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THIS AREA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF AN ADVISORY OR WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA. WHILE THE RISK OF FLOODING IS LOWER ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...THERE WILL ALSO BE A HEIGHTENED RISK FROM ANY STRONG STORMS THAT DEVELOP LATER TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER THE BURN SCAR AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION BEING OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AND WILL BE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ON THE BURN SCARS. WITH THE INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEK...THOSE WITH ACTIVITIES IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCARS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAIN OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 23/23
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1106 AM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 COZ094-011730- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 1106 AM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 1102 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 38 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STARK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 COZ081-084-085-012145- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- 313 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES...WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS. AT 308 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE BURN SCAR. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHIPITA PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 COZ081-084-085-012200- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- 338 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES...WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS. A THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR FROM THE NORTH. PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. AT 332 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONUMENT...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CASCADE. EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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