Heavy Snow — Northwest Fremont County Above 8500 Ft, Colorado

2004-01-02 to 2004-01-03 · Northwest Fremont County Above 8500 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A strong winter storm moving across southern Colorado caused areas of heavy snow. The highest reported snow totals with this event are as follows. In the vicinity of Leadville in Lake county 6 to 10 inches of snow was reported. 6 inches of snow was also measured at Rye and 3 miles to the southwest of Rosita. 7 to 8 inches of snow covered Florence and Canon City in Fremont county. 7 inches of snow was also noted some 7 miles west of Westcliffe in Custer county. 10 inches of snow graced the community of Divide in Teller county and 10 inches of snow was also observed some 7 miles to the southwest of Gardner in Huerfano county. 11 inches of snow fell some 12 miles to the northeast of Texas Creek in Fremont county. Finally...14 inches of snow was seen approximately 11 miles to the south of Guffey in Fremont county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5382285. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.