Winter Weather in Cheyenne County, Colorado

Snow squall. A band of heavy snowfall extending across portions of East-Central Colorado moved east-northeast across Cheyenne County over a span of two hours. The snow squall created visibility reductions as low as one-quarter mile to 100 yards, which mainly impacted travel along US Highway 40. Snow reports of a trace were received; however, due to the blowing snow it was difficult to take measurements. Key impacts: visibility reductions, hazardous travel.

A north-south oriented snow squall developed off the Palmer divide to extend across portions of East-Central Colorado moving east-northeast to the Kansas border of Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties over a span of up to two hours. The snow squall created visibility reductions ranging as low as one-quarter mile to 100 yards, which mainly impacted travel across I-70, US-40, and US-36. Snow reports ranged from a trace to one inch of snow across the three counties.