Numerous strong, slow-moving storms caused flash flooding across Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, and Baca Counties.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Numerous strong, slow-moving storms caused flash flooding across Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, and Baca Counties.
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 29, 2:19 PM MST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 319 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 235 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 CURRENTLY...CONVECTION IS STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON RIDGE AREAS. DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S OVER THE PLAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. DISTURBANCE IS CONTINUING TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AS SEEN IN THE DRYING ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGE. CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE DRYING ALOFT...AND MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTER OF THE DISTURBANCE SEEN SPINNING NEAR THE CENTRAL COLORADO AND UTAH BORDER. SPC MESOANALYSIS AT 20Z CONTINUES TO SUGGEST VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...WITH CAPES OVER 2000J/KG AND WEAK CIN. TONIGHT...AS DISTURBANCE MOVES EASTWARD...EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THEN MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. AS OF 20Z...CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOWER TO DEVELOP THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS THE FIRST DISTURBANCE...OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AT 20Z...MOVES EASTWARD. CURRENT EVOLUTION OF THE CONVECTION SUGGESTS THE LATEST HRRR MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING. THE HRRR HAS A FIRST LINE CONVECTION MOVING OFF OF THE MOUNTAINS BY 21Z TO 22Z PM WITH THE STRONGER CONVECTION OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE/PIKES PEAKS REGION AND THE RATON RIDGE. THEN...A SECOND AND STRONG ROUND OF CONVECTION MOVES OFF OF THE MOUNTAINS BY 01Z TO 03Z...WITH PARTS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS GETTING CLOBBERED BY SOME STRONG STORMS. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST...THEY CONGEAL INTO AN MCS WHICH MOVES EASTWARDS OVER THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. THE CURRENT WATCH LOOKS GOOD FOR TONIGHT WITH STRONGER CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND MCS OVERNIGHT. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...ANTICIPATE CONVECTION WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS LATER INT HE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST. WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER CHALLENGING DAY FOR CONVECTION AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. AS MCS MOVES INTO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...COLD FRONT PASSES OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW A NEARLY SATURATED SOUNDING WITH EASTERLY FLOW UP TO 1.5KM ABOVE THE SURFACE. PRECIPITABLE WATERS ARE STILL WELL OVER AN INCH ON THE PLAINS AND I25 CORRIDOR. WITH NEARLY SATURATED LOWER LEVELS...THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME WARM RAIN PROCESSES ENHANCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MAIN QUESTION IS HOW STRONG ANY STORMS CAN BECOME TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. CURRENT MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BE TOO STABLE TO GET STRONG CONVECTION DEVELOPING...BUT A MORE PROLONGED RAIN EVENT IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. AM ALWAYS LEARY OF VERY MOIST SOUNDINGS WITH 1.5KM DEEP EASTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS..AS SHALLOW CONVECTION MAY GET PINNED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. FURTHER WEST...SOME MODEST DRYING WILL OCCUR...BUT STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON STORMS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 235 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 PRECIP MAY LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH PERSISTENT UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE PLAINS AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL INTENSITY SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED AND UPSLOPE FLOW GRADUALLY WEAKENS AFTER 06Z. MODELS ALL SEEM TO SUGGEST THU WILL BE A RATHER DOWN DAY FOR CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS WHERE COOL AND STABLE AIR MASS WILL PERSIST. MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TSRA ONCE AGAIN...WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL SHIFTING WESTWARD TOWARD THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE UNDER AXIS OF BEST INSTABILITY. MAX TEMPS WILL AGAIN BE MUCH COOLER THAN SEASONAL AVERAGES MOST AREAS. ON FRIDAY...AXIS OF DEEPER INSTABILITY SHIFTS EASTWARD TOWARD THE I-25 CORRIDOR...AND EXPECT A SLIGHT UPTURN IN TSRA COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. FAR EASTERN PLAINS THE BIGGEST QUESTION AS AIR MASS IS STILL RATHER STABLE NEAR THE KS BORDER...THOUGH NW STEERING CURRENTS MAY ALLOW A FEW WEAKENING TSRA TO DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE FRI AFTERNOON/EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN OVER AN INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...SO THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN UNDER ANY STORMS WILL CONTINUE. PATTERN CHANGES VERY LITTLE ON SAT...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF FAIRLY HEALTHY AFTERNOON/EVENING TSRA. TEMPWISE...UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BE GRADUALLY BUILDING FRI/SAT...WITH TEMPS WARMING MOST LOCATIONS...THOUGH MAX TEMPS WILL STILL FALL SHORT OF SEASONAL VALUES. UPPER RIDGE AXIS THEN DRIFTS EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE SUN INTO MON...OPENING THE DOOR FOR AN INCREASED FLOW OF MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS SUN...THEN ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. BOTH ECMWF AND GFS LIFT A FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE SUN NIGHT INTO MON...WHICH MAY HELP PUSH MOUNTAIN TSRA ON TO THE PLAINS AS WELL. SUSPECT CURRENT POPS FOR THE DAY 4-7 PROCEDURE MAY BE A LITTLE TOO LOW AND WILL NEED TO BE NUDGED UPWARD IN SUBSEQUENT FORECAST CYCLES. MAX TEMPS WILL CONTINUE CREEP UPWARD TOWARD EARLY AUG AVERAGES...ESPECIALLY BY TUE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 235 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 KCOS AND KPUB...LATEST SIMULATIONS SUGGEST BAND OF STRONG STORMS MAY MOVE OVER KCOS AND KPUB BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z THIS EVENING. AFTERWARDS...SOME STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT LIKELY NOT NUMEROUS ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE TAFS. WINDS MAY HAVE A NORTHERLY COMPONENT TONIGHT WHICH WILL LIMIT CHANCES FOR LOW CLOUDS OR FOG AT KCOS. ON WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT COULD BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS. AT KALS... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL OCCUR BOTH DAYS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR FOG TONIGHT DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. --PGW-- && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 235 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 MAIN CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED IN SHORT TERN DISCUSSION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES AND HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS WILL EXTEND BEYOND THE BURN SCARS WITH RECENT RAINFALLS AND MOIST SOILS. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH FOR POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY WITH DEEP UPSLOPE FLOW AND VERY MOIST LOWER LEVELS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD. MAIN FACTOR AGAINST HEAVY RAINS IS POSSIBLE LACK OF INSTABILITY TO GET STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP. WINDS ALOFT ALSO INCREASE SO STORMS MAY BE MOVE FASTER. --PGW-- && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ072>089- 093>099. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR COZ058>071. && SHORT TERM...PGW LONG TERM...PETERSEN AVIATION...PGW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1209 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-301300- 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- 1209 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREAT TODAY AS AN EMBEDDED DISTURBANCE WITHIN THE MONSOON PLUME ACTS IN CONCERT WITH AFTERNOON HEATING TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THESE WILL MOVE OFF INTO THE PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS BEFORE DEVELOPING INTO A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PLAINS OVERNIGHT. DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS WILL BE THE BURN SCARS. HOWEVER AREAS WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR STEEP TERRAIN WILL ALSO SEE AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS AS A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER DEVELOPS AND SLOWLY MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST. ONE OR TWO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE RISK FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MANY PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM WEDNESDAY INTO POSSIBLY THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS MOST AFTERNOONS...WITH STORMS SPREADING ACROSS THE ADJACENT HIGH VALLEYS AND NEARBY PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM LATER THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...IF ENOUGH PRECIPITATION FALLS...PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS AND PURGATOIRE RIVERS...ALONG WITH THEIR TRIBUTARY CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING AT TIMES. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AREA BURN SCARS...URBAN AREAS...STEEP TERRAIN LOCATIONS AND AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. 06/06
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
130 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
COZ074-088-292000-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
130 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 128 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG EXTENDING FROM NEAR GULNARE TO 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF STONEWALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...THERE MAY ALSO BE
SOME PEA SIZE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COKEDALE...BONCARBO...SEGUNDO AND WESTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3731 10440 3699 10483 3699 10509 3703 10515
3732 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 255DEG 8KT 3730 10468 3704 10509
28SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 132 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COZ099-292000- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO- 132 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 131 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3747 10307 3764 10307 3763 10283 3745 10286 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 278DEG 4KT 3758 10302 28
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
254 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
COZ095-096-292130-
WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
254 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
KIT CARSON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 10281 3856 10303 3862 10294 3861 10269
3860 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 134DEG 5KT 3859 10284
28SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
306 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
COZ081-084-085-292130-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
306 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...
AT 304 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS MOVING OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THE SHOWERS WERE
MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO
CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THESE SHOWERS. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE
FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CASCADE AND CHIPITA
PARK AND THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.
LAT...LON 3890 10485 3886 10495 3894 10500 3900 10498
3898 10491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 291DEG 16KT 3894 10499
28SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
325 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
COZ081-084-085-292200-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
325 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR
IN WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT...
AT 323 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON PORTIONS OF
THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THESE SHOWERS...HOWEVER IF THEY
INTENSIFY FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CASCADE AND CHIPITA
PARK...AND THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.
LAT...LON 3889 10499 3894 10500 3899 10498 3897 10487
3891 10486 3884 10489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 284DEG 8KT 3892 10492
28SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COZ086>088-292200- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO- 337 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS... NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF AVONDALE...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS...NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3775 10438 3786 10456 3811 10440 3795 10412 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 216DEG 13KT 3787 10442 PGW
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A nearly stationary strong storm produced over 5 inches of rain in and around Eads. Numerous roads and a viaduct were flooded. US Highway 287 was closed for a time.
Strong storms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in the south central section of the county. Numerous roads were flooded with washouts reported.
Strong storms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in the northeast part of the county. Numerous roads were flooded with washouts reported.
Strong storms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in the northwest part of the county. Numerous roads were flooded with washouts reported.
Strong storms produced very heavy rain and flash flooding across county roads in the extreme southeast corner of the county.
Strong storms produced heavy rain and flash flooding. Numerous roads and city streets were flooded.
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, July 2014
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