Flash Flood, El Paso
- When
- October 9, 12:00 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.54 mi NW of Colorado Spgs to 4.37 mi W of Ft Carson
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.859, -104.848
Flash Flood in Colorado, October 9, 2014
where numerous streets were flooded.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
The remnants of a tropical system brought heavy rain to portions of the Pikes Peaks Region...including Colorado Springs...where numerous streets were flooded.
What forecasters said that day
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 Oct 9, 10:34 AM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 10:34 AM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 5:56 AM MST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 656 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 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 THU OCT 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT REMNANT TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE SIMON WILL COMBINE WITH EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS WHERE MOST AREAS SHOULD PICK UP BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL BY THE STORMS END ON FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THIS WILL POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS. THESE INCLUDE...WALDO...EAST PEAK...EIGHT MILE...AND ROYAL GORGE BURN SCARS. SHOWERS SHOULD PROGRESS TO A STEADIER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BEGIN TO RUN HIGH AS RUNOFF CONTINUES DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. LIGHT RAINFALL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. BUT BY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY INTENSE RAINFALL RATES. SHOULD ONE OF THESE STRONGER STORMS IMPACT THE WEST FOR BURN SCAR COMPLEX...FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT THERE AS WELL. THIS THREAT SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE EVENING AS FOCUS FOR HEAVIER RAIN SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 12000 FEET TODAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO BETWEEN 10000 AND 11000 FEET TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 11000 FEET OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...WET MOUNTAINS...AND PIKES PEAK. BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. AND 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 12000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. ONE OR TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL TO AROUND 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS TONIGHT...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER RAIN CORES. THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN COMBINATION WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AS THE REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL SYSTEM SIMON MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND INTERACT WITH NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER AREA BURN SCARS. ANOTHER STORM THREAT FRIDAY WILL BE HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THE HIGHER PEAKS....ESPECIALLY ABOVE 11000 FEET...COULD EXPERIENCE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES BY FRIDAY. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN ROADS AND BACK COUNTRY TRAILS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT IS PROJECTED TO BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOW...PRIMARILY ABOVE 7000 FEET FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 8:48 AM MST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 948 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 COZ081-084-085-091615- 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- 948 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM MDT... AT 943 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SHOWER OVER CHIPITA PARK...OR 12 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES UP TO .20 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. THIS MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. AT THIS TIME...RAINFALL RATES OF 0.2 INCHES AN HOUR OR LESS ARE ANTICIPATED. AFTER NOON...STRONGER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION...WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS... CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND CRYSTOLA. LAT...LON 3882 10495 3895 10504 3895 10482 TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 118DEG 20KT 3890 10503 PGW
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 10:50 AM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1150 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 COZ081-084-085-091815- 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- 1150 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM MDT... AT 1146 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. IF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT TRACK AND STRENGTH...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 0.5 INCHES AN HOUR OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR BY 1230 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS... CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND CRYSTOLA. LAT...LON 3891 10482 3884 10494 3896 10504 3901 10493 TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 144DEG 14KT 3887 10484 PGW
Local storm report, Oct 9, 11:08 AM MST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1208 PM MDT THU OCT 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.80N 104.84W
10/09/2014 M1.00 INCH EL PASO CO COCORAHS
SINCE 1015 AM
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KAMThe radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 9 to 10, 2014
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 9 to 13, 2014
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, October 9, 2014
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 9, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Kansas, October 9 to 10, 2014
- Flood in Arizona, October 9, 2014
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 9 to 11, 2014
- Hail in Georgia, October 9, 2014
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 9 to 10, 2014
- Winter Storm in Colorado, October 9 to 10, 2014
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Arizona, October 9 to 11, 2014
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 9, 2014
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 2014
Sources
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: 540494.