Winter Storm — Western Fremont and Northern Custer Counties, Colorado

2001-01-15 to 2001-01-16 · Western Fremont and Northern Custer Counties, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A large, slow moving winter storm produced widespread snow across the majority of southern Colorado. Accumulating snow begin in the late afternoon on the 15th and continued into the early afternoon hours of the 16th. the following is a snowfall summary: One to 5 inches of snow fell from Leadville to Canon City, and in the San Luis Valley. The summit of Wolf Creek Pass received 10 inches of the white stuff. In the Colorado Springs area...7 to 10 inches of snow fell. Pueblo county and the Walsenburg area saw 8 to 13 inches of snow, but in the Wet mountains around San Isabel, 17 inches of snow was recorded. The Trinidad area logged 3 to 6 inches, but to the east, Crowley and Otero counties had an 8 to 10 inch snowfall. In Kiowa county, a general 6 inch snowfall occurred. Six to 12 inches of snow fell in central and eastern Las Animas county...and western Prowers county...while over a foot of snow fell over eastern Prowers county and much of Baca county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5228074. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.