Colorado, 1998Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 25 to 26, 1998
April 25 to 26, 1998 · NWS PUB · 8 events in 8 counties and zones
A deep moist northeast airflow brought heavy snow to the south central mountains and southern foothills late night the 25th into the afternoon of the 26th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 10 inches across the entire area, with an incredible total of 26 inches at Cuchara in the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains and at Aspen Acres Campground in the Wet Mountains.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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.
A deep moist northeast airflow brought heavy snow to the south central mountains and southern foothills late night the 25th into the afternoon of the 26th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 10 inches across the entire area, with an incredible total of 26 inches at Cuchara in the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains and at Aspen Acres Campground in the Wet Mountains.
Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- When
- April 25, 10:00 PM MST to April 26, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.778, -106.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wet Mountains
- When
- April 25, 10:00 PM MST to April 26, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wet Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.578, -106.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains 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 26, 3:00 AM MST to 3:00 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, Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Upper Arkansas River Valley/Salida and Vicinity
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Arkansas River Valley/Salida and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -106.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Upper Huerfano River Basin/Walsenburg and Vicinity
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Huerfano River Basin/Walsenburg and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Upper Purgatoire River Basin/Trinidad and Vicinity
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Purgatoire River Basin/Trinidad and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (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.
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 25, 1998$150,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1998$69,000 · 2 in hail · 11 events
- High Wind in Alaska, April 25 to 28, 199859 kt wind · 9 events
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 25 to 26, 19985 events
- High Wind in Montana, April 25, 199865 kt wind · 1 event
- Dust Devil in West Virginia, April 25, 1998$1,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 19981.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 19981 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 19980.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 19981.25 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 19980.88 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 19981.25 in hail · 1 event