Heavy Snow, Northwestern San Juan Mountains
- When
- February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northwestern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.210, -107.755 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 24 to 25, 1997
Another surge of moisture from the south generally produced 4 to 7 inches of new snow above the 6000 foot level in southwest Colorado. The heaviest amount reported was 8 inches near Lemon Reservoir in the southwest San Juan Mountains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Another surge of moisture from the south generally produced 4 to 7 inches of new snow above the 6000 foot level in southwest Colorado. The heaviest amount reported was 8 inches near Lemon Reservoir in the southwest San Juan Mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwestern San Juan Mountains
- When
- February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southwestern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.594, -107.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Four Corners / Upper Dolores River Basin
- When
- February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Four Corners / Upper Dolores River Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.698, -108.507 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Animas River Basin
- When
- February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Animas River Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.287, -107.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, San Juan River Basin
- When
- February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- San Juan River Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Utah, February 24, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 1997
- Flooding in Missouri, February 24 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in California, February 24 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 24, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 1997
Sources
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: 5590217, 5590218, 5590219, 5590220, 5590221.