Home / Colorado / Eastern San Juan Mountains
Heavy Snow in Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Heavy Snow May 3, 1999 – May 4, 1999 · Eastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
The wider storm
A strong, fast moving weather disturbance moved across southern Colorado, bringing snow, heavy at times, to parts of the southern and central Colorado mountains. In the eastern San Juan mountains, 11 inches of snow was recorded at Wolf Creek Pass, while Creede in northern Mineral county received 5 inches of snow. Monarch Pass, in southwest Chaffee county, accumulated 6 to 8 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5698882. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
Tornadoes near your address
See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.
We couldn’t get your location. Check that location access is allowed for this site, or type an address.