Colorado, 1998Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 17 to 18, 1998
April 17 to 18, 1998 · NWS PUB · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Snow showers spread across the higher terrain of South Central Colorado the early morning of the 18th. Snowfall totals ranged from 4 inches at Monument in Northern El Paso county, 6 to 10 inches across the Wet Mountains, and 13 inches at Cuchara in the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Snow showers spread across the higher terrain of South Central Colorado the early morning of the 18th. Snowfall totals ranged from 4 inches at Monument in Northern El Paso county, 6 to 10 inches across the Wet Mountains, and 13 inches at Cuchara in the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Heavy Snow, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / X Sw Fremont / X E Sanguache / W Custer / W Huerfano / X N Costilla
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM MST to April 18, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / X Sw Fremont / X E Sanguache / W Custer / W Huerfano / X N Costilla forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -106.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM MST to April 18, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.992, -105.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / E Costilla / Sw Huerfano / X Sw Las Animas
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM MST to April 18, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / E Costilla / Sw Huerfano / X Sw Las Animas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.778, -106.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wet Mountains / E Custer / X Sw Pueblo / X N Huerfano / Part Se Fremont
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM MST to April 18, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wet Mountains / E Custer / X Sw Pueblo / X N Huerfano / Part Se Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.578, -106.085 (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.
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 17, 19981 death · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, April 17, 1998$1.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 17 to 21, 1998$1.7 million · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, April 17, 1998$556,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 17 to 24, 1998$510,000 · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 17 to 18, 1998$202,000 · F0 · 26 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 17, 1998$600,000 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 17, 1998$236,000 · 1 in hail · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 17, 1998$270,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 17, 1998$250,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 17, 1998$100,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 17, 1998$66,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5642469, 5642470, 5642471, 5642472.