Heavy rainfall amounts and rates caused flash flooding west of Divide on US Highway 24 and over portions of Colorado Springs.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall amounts and rates caused flash flooding west of Divide on US Highway 24 and over portions of Colorado Springs.
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 Aug 14, 10:30 AM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1130 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1015 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 UPDATED TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...PRIMARILY FOR BURN SCARS. DECISION WAS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS RUNNING 150-180% OF NORMAL. SHORTWAVE EVIDENT OUT WEST WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SO FORCING IS THERE...AND 12Z NAM12 ALONG WITH VARIOUS HIGH RES MODELS STILL SUGGEST A WINDOW BETWEEN THE 2 PM AND 6 PM TIME FRAME WHERE WALDO AND BLACK FOREST BURN SCARS WILL SEE A LINE OF CONVECTION MOVE OFF THE MOUNTAINS. CAPE IS NOT EXCEPTIONAL...BUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRIMARY CONCERN AREAS ARE CHAFFEE/LAKE COUNTIES (IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO UPPER FORCING)...AND TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTY WHERE FRONT MAY PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS MECHANISM. MITIGATING FACTORS FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE STORM MOTIONS WHICH SHOULD BE TO THE NORTHEAST-EAST AT 20-30 MPH. A LITTLE LESS CERTAINTY EXISTS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS WHERE IT COULD BE TOO FAR SOUTH OF THE BETTER FORCING...BUT CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF HIGH PRECIP WATERS AND A VULNERABLE BURN SCAR SEEMS TO WARRANT INCLUSION. WATCH WILL RUN FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM. -KT && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 341 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM TODAY... CURRENTLY... LOTS OF MOISTURE OVER THE REGION BUT LITTLE OF IT BEING REALIZED. SFC OBS...PWAT CHARTS...AND SATPIX SHOWING THE PLUME RUNNING N-S OVER THE STATE OF CO. BEST FORCING WAS LOCATED ALONG THE CO/UT BORDER...AND AT 2 AM THIS WAS WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN BAND WAS OCCURRING. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NOTED OVER THE MTNS/VALLEYS PER RADAR...METARS...PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RAIN GAGES AND WEB CAMS...BUT NOTHING HEAVY WAS OBVIOUS. TODAY... ALTHOUGH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS OVER THE REGION AND FORCING WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST DURING PRIME HEATING...FLOW OVER THE REGION IS WESTERLY AND THIS PATTERN WILL NOT FAVOR A WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOOD THREAT. FOR THIS REASON WILL ALLOW FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM. HOWEVER...THIS DOES NOT MEAN LOCAL FLASH FLOODING WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ON THE BURN SCARS. ALL SIMULATIONS SHOW THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN TODAY WILL LIKELY FALL IN AND AROUND THE PIKES PEAK REGION...AND THE WALDO BURN SCAR WILL HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. BASED ON GUIDANCE...THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND THE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM TODAY. AS FOR THE REST OF THE MTNS...BEST FORCING WILL MOVE OVER THE CONTDVD DURING THE MIDDAY PERIOD AND THIS WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN THIS REGION. THIS FORCING WILL THEN MOVE OVER THE EASTERN MTNS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY....LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THIS REGION DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME PERIOD. TONIGHT... BEST FORCING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING AND EXPECT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...TO MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT. \/HODANISH .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 341 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST... RATHER MUDDLED FLOW PATTERN FROM FRIDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN GENERAL...BROAD SCALE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN US. THIS WILL LEAVE SOUTHERN COLORADO UNDER GENERALLY WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW UNDER THE NORTHEAST FLANK OF THE UPPER HIGH. IN THIS SETUP...THE HIGH IS NEITHER CLOSE ENOUGH TO COLORADO TO CAP DIURNAL CONVECTION...NOR IS IT FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO REALLY LET ANY DECENT UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE REGION. SO...CONVECTION IS NOT LIKELY TO END ANY TIME SOON...NOR IS IT LIKELY TO GROW TO GREAT PROPORTIONS. WHAT IT WILL DO IS JUST BE AROUND...HITTING SOME AREAS ONE DAY...OTHERS THE NEXT...AND GENERALLY NOT HITTING 90 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION MOST OF TIME. WITH IT STILL AUGUST...AND THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME STILL AROUND...THE PROSPECTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OUT OF ANY GIVEN CELL WILL REMAIN HIGH. CONSEQUENTLY...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BURN SCARS. THE DETAILS OF THE CONVECTION FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY JUST CAN'T BE NAILED DOWN RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER...THE LATEST GFS...WHICH IS PROBABLY AS GOOD AS ANY MODEL AT HANDLING SUMMERTIME CONVECTION...SUGGESTS WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THAT COULD ACT AS CONVECTIVE TRIGGERS. THEN...SUNDAY EVENING...IT HAS A STRONGER SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST...POSSIBLE INITIATING AN MCS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY EVENING THAT COULD CLIP SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS IT TRACKS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEN...FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PATTERN GOES BACK TO WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION ACTING AS CONVECTIVE TRIGGERS FOR DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS. THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW...WHICH ALREADY LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DID YESTERDAY. HMMM...I WONDER WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE TOMORROW. LW && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1047 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 DISTURBANCE OUT WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY SPREADING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST. BEST WINDOW FOR TAF SITES WILL BE BETWEEN 20Z AND 00Z. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. HAVE INTRODUCED A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA INTO ALL THREE TAF SITES...WITH KALS AND KCOS LIKELY HAVING THE BEST CHANCE. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF KPUB AND KCOS BY 01Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. FRONT WILL BRING A NORTH WIND SHIFT INTO ALL THREE TAF SITES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS FRONT MAY CAUSE ERRATIC WIND DIRECTIONS INITIALLY BEFORE NORTH WINDS SPREAD IN BEHIND. WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL LIKELY INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST LATE FRIDAY MORNING. -KT && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ058>068-081- 082-084-085. && UPDATE...KT SHORT TERM...HODANISH LONG TERM...LW AVIATION...KT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1106 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-151715- 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- 1106 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS TODAY...WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE BURN SCARS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. A FEW STORMS DURING THE PERIOD COULD RESULT IN LOCAL FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. 31/23
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1207 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
COZ067-068-141900-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT CO-
1207 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL AND WEST
CENTRAL RIO GRANDE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM MDT...
AT 1205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOLF CREEK PASS...OR 45 MILES
NORTH OF DULCE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WEST FORK
COMPLEX BURN SCAR WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER IF THESE STORMS SLOW
OR INTENSIFY FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...IVY
CREEK...KITTY CREEK...RAINBOW CREEK...SODA CREEK...HOPE
CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...WOLF CREEK...WEST FORK SAN JUAN
RIVER...ROARING FORK...BEAVER CREEK...PASS CREEK...LEOPARD
CREEK...PIEDRA RIVER...ELK CREEK...LAKE CREEK...TROUT
CREEK...CIMARRON CREEK...KELLY CREEK...PARK CREEK...TURKEY
CREEK...BURRO CREEK...DECKER CREEK...SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE... FISHER
CREEK...ARCHULETA CREEK AND LIME CREEK.
LAT...LON 3773 10674 3752 10667 3751 10671 3745 10698
3764 10703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 262DEG 7KT 3759 10687
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
139 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
COZ060>063-065-069-072-073-076-077-142030-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT CO-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
139 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 134 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PONCHA PASS...OR 49 MILES
EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO HALF AN INCH HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY OVER PONCHA PASS. AT THIS TIME...IT IS NOT LIKELY TO
CAUSE FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALIDA...PONCHA SPRINGS...BONANZA...HOWARD...SWISSVALE AND PONCHA
PASS.
LAT...LON 3858 10584 3832 10576 3825 10596 3828 10619
3848 10623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 257DEG 23KT 3842 10602
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
151 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE FALCON 38.95N 104.59W
08/14/2014 M0.75 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL IN PAST 20 MINUTES.
&&
KLTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
154 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 N PETERSON AFB 38.90N 104.70W
08/14/2014 M1.32 INCH EL PASO CO PUBLIC
&&
KLTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 204 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 COZ065-069-142045- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- 204 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 203 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAGUACHE...OR 46 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3804 10629 3815 10627 3818 10592 3791 10596 TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 278DEG 16KT 3808 10623 MOORE
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intersections along Powers Boulevard and east were flooded with flowing water greater than 6 inches deep.
Water and mud flows over US Highway 24 over 6 inches deep impeded traffic and caused a brief closure for clean up.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 2014
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: 528125, 528137.