Aug 8, 2019
During the afternoon and evening hours of August 8, 2019, ample monsoonal flow pushed into the high terrain of the Rampart Range and the Wet Mountains. Rather slow moving heavy rain storms developed and eventually pushed off towards the east across the Front Range and eventually onto the eastern Colorado plains. ||Heavy rain, large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and even a tornado were all reported during the afternoon and evening hours.||The most impressive storm ended up being a superce
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 851191). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in El Paso County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.