Colorado, 1997Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 4 to 5, 1997
April 4 to 5, 1997 · NWS GJT · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
An upper low moving across the area from the southwest provided favorable conditions for heavy snowfall over portions of northwest Colorado. Accumulations generally ranged from 4 to 8 inches, with up to 12 inches at some mountain locations.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
An upper low moving across the area from the southwest provided favorable conditions for heavy snowfall over portions of northwest Colorado. Accumulations generally ranged from 4 to 8 inches, with up to 12 inches at some mountain locations.
Heavy Snow, Central Yampa River Basin/Craig-Hayden and Vicinity
- When
- April 4, 2:00 PM MST to April 5, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Central Yampa River Basin/Craig-Hayden and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.361, -107.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Elkhead and Park Mountains/Flat Tops/White River Plateau
- When
- April 4, 2:00 PM MST to April 5, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Elkhead and Park Mountains/Flat Tops/White River Plateau forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.552, -107.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys/Aspen and Vicinity
- When
- April 4, 2:00 PM MST to April 5, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys/Aspen and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.481, -107.172 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Leadville and Vicinity
- When
- April 4, 2:00 PM MST to April 5, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Leadville and Vicinity forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Upper Yampa River Basin/Steamboat Springs and Vicinity
- When
- April 4, 2:00 PM MST to April 5, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Upper Yampa River Basin/Steamboat Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.485, -106.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 4 to 7, 19972 deaths · 16 injured · $45 million · 33 events
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, April 4 to 5, 1997$96 million · 16 events
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 4 to 6, 1997$18 million · 9 events
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1997$11 million · 1 event
- Blizzard in Wyoming, April 4 to 6, 1997$5.0 million · 12 events
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 4 to 6, 1997$5.0 million · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997$600,000 · 3 in hail · 3 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 4, 1997$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 4, 1997$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 4, 1997$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4 to 5, 1997$203,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1997$200,000 · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5600894, 5600895, 5600896, 5600897, 5600898.