Winter Storm — Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Colorado

2015-12-12 to 2015-12-13 · Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A storm system generated snow, heavy at times, across to portions of southern Colorado. Wind whipped snow occurred across the far eastern plains in portions of Kiowa and Las Animas Counties, and all of Prowers and Baca Counties causing major impacts. Elsewhere, heavier snow totals included...6 inches at Monarch Pass and Buena Vista (Chaffee County)...7 inches near Leadville (Lake County)...9 inches at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County)...Salida (Chafee County) and near Westcliffe (Custer County) and 12 inches at Maysville (Chaffee County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 606977. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.