Winter Storm — Phillips County, Colorado

2024-11-06 · Phillips County, Colorado

Event narrative

Heavy snowfall caused roads to become snow covered. Total snowfall across the county ranged from 6 to 12 inches. The heaviest snowfall report came was 11.7 inches 5 miles south of Sedgewick. Also 10.5 inches fell 3.4 miles south of Holyoke and 10.6 inches in the town of Holyoke.

Wider weather episode

This is the first round of heavy snow from the five day event between November 5th through the 9th.

This first wave impacted the Southern Front Range Foothills, Palmer Divide, and adjacent plains through Lincoln and Washington Counties from the evening of the 5th through most of the 6th. Denver metro was on the northern edge of this first round, but temperatures were cold enough for some travel impacts on the morning of the 6th. After a brief lull on the evening of the 6th, another round of snow occurred across the Palmer Divide area and adjacent plains, including Lincoln County and the I-70 Corridor east of Denver in the early morning and daylight hours of November 7th. Interstate 70 and numerous highways in east central and southeast Colorado were closed for an extended period of time due to this prolonged period of heavy snow and blowing snow. Rural roads were blocked by the depth of the snow, as snow had already accumulated to nearly 2 feet deep. And the storm wasn't done yet, and in fact in many cases the heaviest snow was yet to fall with the final wave of the storm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1220525. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.