A weather system over southeast New Mexico continued to stream moisture into southeast Colorado the morning of the 1st. Widespread heavy snow continued to fall across the Sangre de Cristo and Wet mountains, and adjacent areas.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A weather system over southeast New Mexico continued to stream moisture into southeast Colorado the morning of the 1st. Widespread heavy snow continued to fall across the Sangre de Cristo and Wet mountains, and adjacent areas. Snowfall totals from the system ranged from 1 to 3 inches for Teller, El Paso and eastern Las Animas counties, over 4 inches around Trinidad, 5 to 7 inches across the Wet mountains, and 6 to 12 inches across the Northern Sangre de Cristo mountains. Across the Southern Sangre de Cristo mountains, total snowfall ranged from 9 to 12 inches in Walsenburg in Huerfano county, to nearly 2 feet in Cuchara in the southern Sangre de Cristos.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, November 1998
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5676551, 5676552, 5676553.