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Heavy Snow in Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Colorado

Heavy Snow January 4, 2002 – January 5, 2002 · Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Colorado

The wider storm

A fast moving upper level disturbance brought heavy snow to the Sangre de Cristo and Wet mountains and the adjacent high valleys and plains. Snow amounts were as follows: 7 inches at Rye in Pueblo county, 6 inches around Coaldale in Fremont county and Beulah in Pueblo county, and 5 inches 7 miles west-northwest of Westcliffe in Custer county, at La Veta in Huerfano county, and 5 miles northwest of Aguilar in Huerfano county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5279281. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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