Colorado, 1998Heavy Snow in Colorado, June 17 to 18, 1998
June 17 to 18, 1998 · NWS GJT · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
An unseasonably cold upper low produced 4 to 8 inches of snow in the mountains of northwest Colorado between the 8000 and the 9500 foot level as well as 8 to 12 inches of snow above the 9500 foot level.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 unseasonably cold upper low produced 4 to 8 inches of snow in the mountains of northwest Colorado between the 8000 and the 9500 foot level as well as 8 to 12 inches of snow above the 9500 foot level.
Heavy Snow, Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus / Sw Rio Blanco / W Garfield / Part of Nc Mesa
- When
- June 17, 1:00 AM MST to June 18, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus / Sw Rio Blanco / W Garfield / Part of Nc Mesa forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.532, -108.196 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Elkhead and Park Mountains/Flat Tops/White River Plateau / E Rio Blanco / Ne Garfield / X Nw Eagle / Routt Except C Xs
- When
- June 17, 1:00 AM MST to June 18, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Elkhead and Park Mountains/Flat Tops/White River Plateau / E Rio Blanco / Ne Garfield / X Nw Eagle / Routt Except C Xs forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.552, -107.599 (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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 17, 1998$16 million · 1.75 in hail · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 17, 1998$375,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- High Wind in Colorado, June 17, 19981 injured · $200,000 · 1 event
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 17, 1998$132,000 · 0.75 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 17, 1998$100,000 · 68 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 17, 1998$70,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 1998$56,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Flash Flood in New York, June 17, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New York, June 17, 1998$25,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, June 17, 1998$20,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in New York, June 17, 1998$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 17, 1998$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5655924, 5655925.