Blizzard — Northwest Fremont County Above 8500 Ft, Colorado

2005-04-10 · Northwest Fremont County Above 8500 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A powerful early spring blizzard caused snow drifts up to 8 feet as well as closed schools...businesses and roads...including large sections of I-25 in southern Colorado. Travelers were stranded at highways and airports until the storm subsided. Some of the higher snow totals follow...please note that wind gusts up to 50 mph at times along with visibilities under 1/4 mile accompanied several of these snow totals. 7 inches of snow was noted at Thatcher and 4 miles to the northwest of Trinidad in Las Animas County...12 to 14 inches of snow occurred at Divide...Woodland Park...Black Forest...Beulah and 11 miles to the north-northeast of the Air Force Academy...18 to 20 inches of snow was measured at Colorado City...Monument and 6 miles to the north-northeast of downtown Colorado Springs...22 to 24 inches of snow covered the communties of Cuchara...La Veta and Rye...28 inches of snow visited Walsenburg...while 36 inches of snow fell approximately 18 miles to the southeast of Westcliffe. Finally...the region around Rosita was inundated with up to 48 inches of snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5447614. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.