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Heavy Snow in Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Colorado
Heavy Snow January 31, 1998 · Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Colorado
The wider storm
A weather disturbance moved across New Mexico, bringing snow to the southern mountains and nearby foothills of Colorado the afternoon and evening of the 31st. Localized favorable upslope flow caused snowfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches across extreme western El Paso County, in western Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, while Woodland Park in Teller County and Cuchara in the Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains received 7 inches of accumulation.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5627694. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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