Heavy Snow — Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado

2001-02-26 to 2001-02-27 · Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Event narrative

Moist southwest flow ahead of an upper level storm in southern California produced areas of heavy snow. Some of the heavier snow totals include: 9 inches around South Fork in Rio Grande county...14 inches of snow 7 miles west of Westcliffe at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in Custer county and 16 inches near the summit of Wolf Creek Pass in Mineral county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5234946. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.