Rain still falling on Pikes Peak Region, but flood threat no longer imminent
UPDATE 6:40 p.m. The flash flood watch that was in effect for much of the state, including El Paso County, until 9 p.m. Wednesday, has been canceled.
UPDATE 3 p.m. Two flood advisories were in effect for central El Paso County until 4:45 p.m.
According to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, threatened areas included southern Colorado Springs, Peterson Air Force Base, Stratmoor, Cimarron Hills, and Secuitiy-Widefield and Fountain.
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms over the mountains are part of the weather routine for Colorado in late summer, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, and the entire Front Range can expect the rain to keep up through next week.
“There is a threat of more thunderstorms redeveloping over the mountains, and Pikes Peak, Rampart Range, Teller County, the Wet Mountains and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains could all get some pretty heavy localized rain,” Nation Weather Service meteorologist Eric Petersen said.
Conditions may dry up a bit starting Thursday, but the heavy and slow-moving monsoonal moisture over most of the state wasn’t expected to let up until the middle of next week, Petersen said.
Stay with gazettedev.gazette.com for updates.
Ronda Gueswell stands on a flooded street in her neighborhood Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Windsor, Colo. Windsor was hit by 4 inches of rain in 90 minutes. (AP Photo/The Coloradoan, Erin Hull)
Katie Zrubek, center, heads down a flooded street in her Windsor, Colo., neighbordood Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Windsor was hit by 4 inches of rain in 90 minutes. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for nearly the whole state Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Coloradoan, Erin Hull)
Storm clouds move in over the Larimer County Fairgrounds, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Loveland, Colo. (AP Photo/The Coloradoan, Erin Hull)
People walk along the flooded streets along Garden and Cornerstone Drives in Windsor, Colo, on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Over two inches of rain hit the town, flooding streets and basements. (AP Photo/Greeley Tribune, Jim Rydbom)
Jonah Oldright, 11, makes his way across waist-high water at Village Park in Windsor, Colo, on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Over two inches of rain hit the town, flooding streets and basements. (AP Photo/Greeley Tribune, Jim Rydbom)
Lyons volunteer coordinators Hazel Myers, left, and Lucy Banta help sandbag a vulnerable neighborhood while steady rains fell over Lyons, Colo., which was hit hard in the previous year’s flooding, July 30, 2014. High and low pressure systems, combined with summer monsoon weather, drew the abundant moisture to Colorado. More rain is forecast Wednesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Habitat for Humanity volunteer Anne Phillips examines some flooding in a vulnerable neighborhood while steady rains fell over Lyons, Colo., which was hit hard in the previous year’s flooding, July 30, 2014. High and low pressure systems, combined with summer monsoon weather, drew the abundant moisture to Colorado. More rain is forecast Wednesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Lyons Public Works employee Keith Wittkorn, left, and his team use machinery to create flood-prevention berms in a vulnerable neighborhood while steady rains fell over Lyons, Colo., which was hit hard in the previous year’s flooding, July 30, 2014. High and low pressure systems, combined with summer monsoon weather, drew the abundant moisture to Colorado. More rain is forecast Wednesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Lyons volunteer coordinators Lucy Banta, right, and Ed Kean help sandbag a neighborhood while steady rains fell over Lyons, Colo., which was hit hard in the previous year’s flooding, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. High and low pressure systems, combined with typical summer monsoon weather, drew the abundant moisture to Colorado. More rain is forecast Wednesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)