Winter Storm — Bent County, Colorado

2010-03-24 · Bent County, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A winter storm produced localized snow drifts up to 4 feet as well as heavy snow over a large portion of southern Colorado. Some of the higher reported snow totals include 6 to 10 inches in the vicinity of Colorado Springs...Security...Air Force Academy...and Falcon (El Paso County)...Florissant (Teller County)...Buena Vista...Nathrop...Poncha Springs and Salida (Chaffee County)...Florence and Canon City (Fremont County)... Rosita (Custer County)...Walsenburg and La Veta (Huerfano County)...and Haswell (Kiowa County). Eleven to 14 inches of snow was noted in and near the communities of Monument...Black Forest (El Paso County)...Beulah (Pueblo County)...Westcliffe (Custer County) and Trinidad (Las Animas County). In Pueblo County...Rye was covered by 15 inches of snow while Colorado City measured 17 inches of snow. Finally...Cuchara (Huerfano County) recorded 26 inches of snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 219692. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.