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Heavy Snow in Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Heavy Snow February 26, 2001 – February 27, 2001 · Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

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 5234946. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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