Slow moving storms produced flash flooding in El Paso and Fremont County. The storms across the Colorado Springs area caused a flash flood on Fountain Creek from Fountain into Pueblo County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Slow moving storms produced flash flooding in El Paso and Fremont County. The storms across the Colorado Springs area caused a flash flood on Fountain Creek from Fountain into Pueblo County.
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 Jun 15, 2:00 PM MST, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 221 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...STORMS A BIT STRONGER TOMORROW... CURRENTLY...STORMS STARTING TO MOVE OFF THE MTS AND WILL AFFECT THE SERN PLAINS AND VALLEYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE QUIETING DOWN OVERNIGHT. SVR PARAMETERS CURRENTLY PRETTY MODEST...WITH UNDER 25 KTS OF SHEAR AND CAPE GENERALLY UNDER 750 J/KG...SO MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE URBAN ZONES AND BURN SCARS. TUESDAY...FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL AND STRENGTHENS A BIT...PARTICULARLY OVER NRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. EXPECT BULK SHEARS TO RISE TO UP TO AROUND 40 KTS...WITH CAPE OF UPWARDS OF 1500 J/KG. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH CO MID AFTERNOON DURING PEAK HEATING. SO...SVR THREAT WILL BE A BIT HIGHER TOMORROW WITH STORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL LARGER THAN ONE INCH AND WIND TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE A THREAT. STORMS WILL BE MOVING A BIT FASTER TOMORROW...WHICH WILL MITIGATE THE HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOME EXTENT...BUT STORMS WILL BE A BIT STRONGER AND SO WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER RAIN RATES. BOTTOM LINE...AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY WHEN WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE BURN SCARS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ALONG WITH A SVR THREAT. SPC CURRENTLY HAS MUCH OF OUR AREA IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SVR. TEMPS TOMORROW WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE. BOTH NAM AND GFS MOS GUIDANCE HAVE KPUB IN THE LOWER 90S FOR TOMORROW. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT MOS HAS BEEN MUCH TOO WARM ON ACCOUNT OF THE MODELS NOT PICKING UP ON THE EFFECTS OF GREATER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND ABUNDANT PRECIP...WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW MOS VALUES...OR MID TO UPPER 80S FOR THE ERN PLAINS. HIGHS WILL AGAIN DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY CONVECTION DEVELOPS AND MOVES OFF ON TO THE PLAINS TUE AFTERNOON. SHOULD START TO FEEL A BIT MORE LIKE SUMMER TOMORROW. ROSE .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 221 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 A COUPLE MORE DAYS FOR THUNDERSTORM CONCERNS...THEN FORECAST AREA DRIES OUT AND WARMS UP. FAIRLY FLAT UPPER RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S...WITH SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN U.S. ROCKIES...SKIRTING THROUGH NORTHERN CO. THESE WILL HELP FIRE OFF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH GREATEST COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WILL HAVE THE THREAT FOR SOME SEVERE TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...WITH MOST ACTIVITY SHIFTING EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. GFS AND NAM SUGGEST BEST PARAMETERS FOR MCS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST CO AND SHIFTING EASTWARD INTO NE...SO THINK MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD BE DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATTERN LOOKS SIMILAR FOR WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS. SFC DEW POINTS DRY OUT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...BUT HOLD STRONG IN THE 50S FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS. HIGHEST CAPES...1500+ J/KG...WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...EAST OF A DIFFUSE DRY LINE. DEEP LAYER SHEARS WILL BE RUNNING AROUND 30 KTS...SO LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DAY FOR A MARGINAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OFF INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH LOW LEVEL JET MOST LIKELY FOCUSING NOCTURNAL CONVECTION TO THE NORTH ACROSS KS/NE AGAIN...THOUGH 18Z NAM IS HOLDING ONTO SOME THUNDERSTORMS PAST MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS LATTER SOLN PANS OUT. WEATHER DRIES OUT AND WARMS UP BEGINNING THURSDAY FOR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...THEN FOR ALL AREAS FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES COULD BE HITTING WELL INTO THE 90S FOR THE PLAINS WITH 80S FOR THE VALLEYS...60S AND 70S FOR THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES. NEXT UPPER TROF MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN U.S. ROCKIES ON SATURDAY...WHICH WILL SEND A FRONT THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. MAY TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE TEMPERATURES A BIT...BUT FOR NOW THIS FRONT LOOKS PRETTY DRY. FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO SOUTHWESTERLY BY MONDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. FOR NOW...SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOK PRETTY DRY IN THE GFS...WITH TEMPERATURES HEATING BACK UP WELL INTO THE 90S AGAIN FOR THE PLAINS. ECMWF SPREADS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WESTWARD INTO EASTERN CO MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN GFS BEHIND SATURDAYS FRONT...AND KEEPS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR NOW...FORECAST WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE DRIER SIDE. -KT && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 221 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE POTENTIAL FOR TS THROUGH THIS EVENING. COULD SEE MVFR TO EVEN BRIEF IFR AT KCOS AND KPUB DURING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING...AS STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVE SEWD ACROSS I-25 AND OVER THE SE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE ON THE STRONG TO SVR SIDE...WITH LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. ROSE && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 221 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 PER COORDINATION WITH LOCAL EM ACROSS OUR WRN ZONES...WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING MTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STREAM FLOWS ARE FALLING ACROSS THIS AREA...BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME LOCAL FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS DEPENDING ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING'S RAINFALL. FARTHER NORTH...OVER LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...STILL SEEING STREAMS AT OR NEAR THEIR BANKS...AND GIVEN CONTINUED SNOW MELT AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXTEND THE WATCH THROUGH TUE EVENING AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FLOOD POTENTIAL. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR COZ058>063. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR COZ064>075-078. && SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...KT AVIATION...ROSE HYDROLOGY...ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1005 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-170415- 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- 1005 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FROM SNOW MELT...AND ANY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE FLASH FLOOD AND RIVER FLOODING THREAT. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE RIVERS AND STREAMS OVER AND NEAR MOUNTAIN AREAS AND THOSE DRAINING INTO THE UPPER ARKANSAS AND SAN LUIS VALLEYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL SEE DAILY ROUNDS OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. PRIMARY THREATS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OVER URBAN AREAS...BURN SCARS AND SWOLLEN STREAMS. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A PATTERN SHIFT TO WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER LOOKS TO TAKE PLACE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THIS PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH MORE SPARSE...AND CONFINED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
901 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015
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0857 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 WSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.82N 104.86W
06/15/2015 M0.80 INCH EL PASO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
.80 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES FROM APPROXIMATELY 842
PM MDT TO 857 PM MDT
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
922 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015
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0913 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNE COLORADO SPRINGS 38.88N 104.80W
06/15/2015 M1.00 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1 INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
950 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015
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0943 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 WNW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.85N 104.85W
06/15/2015 M1.39 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1.39 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR FROM APPROXIMATELY 843 PM
MDT TO 943 PM MDT.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1000 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015
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0950 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNE COLORADO SPRINGS 38.88N 104.80W
06/15/2015 M1.30 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1.30 INCHES OF RAIN IN 70 MINUTES.
&&The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:15 UTC.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous city streets were flooded in the southern part of Colorado Springs...including at and near Star Ranch Road and Highway 115 where vehicles were abandoned in the deep water.
Heavy rain caused water over six inches deep across Highway 115 and other county roads.
Heavy rain caused water over six inches deep across Highway 115 and other county roads.
A flood wave occurred on Fountain Creek, caused by heavy rain in the Colorado Springs and Fountain-Security area.
Heavy rain in El Paso County caused a flood wave on Fountain Creek into Pueblo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 2015
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: 574718, 574846, 574905, 574916, 574922.