Winter Storm — Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Colorado

2007-04-24 · Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

An intense low pressure system moving along the Colorado/New Mexico border generated significant snow accumulations over the region. The heavy wet snow combined with high winds...causing numerous power outages...downed power lines...and road closures. Some of the heavier snow totals from this storm include...7 inches at Maysville in Chaffee County...12 to 14 inches in Westcliffe (Custer County)...Woodland Park (Teller County)...Sargents and Villa Grove (Saguache County). Sixteen to 20 inches of snow was measured near...Moffat (Alamosa County)...Silver Cliff (Custer County)...Monument (El Paso County) and Florissant (Teller County). Also...snow drifts to around four feet were noted in northern El Paso County. Nearly two feet of snow covered Black Forest (El Paso County)...and Crestone (Saguache County)...and Rosita (Custer County). In El Paso County...over 200 people were stranded...including 60 students from Miami-Yoder schools who were on a bus. Thousands of people in eastern El Paso County were without power...some for several weeks. Hundreds of electric transmission lines were downed.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 27091. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.