Colorado, 1998Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 7 to 8, 1998
April 7 to 8, 1998 · NWS BOU · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Heavy snow fell in portions of the northeast foothills and Monument Ridge areas overnight. Silver Spruce Ranch, south of Ward, reported 7 inches with Conifer and Elizabeth registering 4 inches.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Heavy snow fell in portions of the northeast foothills and Monument Ridge areas overnight. Silver Spruce Ranch, south of Ward, reported 7 inches with Conifer and Elizabeth registering 4 inches.
Heavy Snow, Northern Front Range Foothills/Upper Laramie and Cache la Poudre River Basins / C Boulder / Ne Gilpin / C Larimer
- When
- April 7, 6:00 PM MST to April 8, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Front Range Foothills/Upper Laramie and Cache la Poudre River Basins / C Boulder / Ne Gilpin / C Larimer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -105.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Front Range Foothills/Clear Creek Basin / W Jefferson / Ne Park / E Clear Creek / Se Gilpin / Sw Douglas
- When
- April 7, 6:00 PM MST to April 8, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Front Range Foothills/Clear Creek Basin / W Jefferson / Ne Park / E Clear Creek / Se Gilpin / Sw Douglas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.516, -105.413 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Douglas and Western Elbert Counties/Castle Rock and Vicinity
- When
- April 7, 6:00 PM MST to April 8, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Douglas and Western Elbert Counties/Castle Rock and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.422, -104.468 (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.
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 19988 injured · $100,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998$7.0 million · 2 in hail · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 27, 1998$339,000 · F0 · 58 events
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 1998F2 · 2 events
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998F2 · 1 event
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 12, 1998$150,000 · 10 events
- Tornado in Missouri, April 7, 1998$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Indiana, April 7, 1998$30,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 7, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998$12,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 7, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998F1 · 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: 5637413, 5637414, 5637415.