Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains
- When
- May 1, 2:00 AM MST to May 2, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.747, -106.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 1 to 2, 1999
The center of a weather system moved across northern New Mexico, bringing periods of heavy snow to the eastern San Juan Mountains, and isolated areas of the southern Sangre de Cristo mountains. Cuchara, in Huerfano county, logged 8 1/2 inches of snow, while 12 to 18 inches of snow accumulated in the Creede area in northern Mineral county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
The center of a weather system moved across northern New Mexico, bringing periods of heavy snow to the eastern San Juan Mountains, and isolated areas of the southern Sangre de Cristo mountains. Cuchara, in Huerfano county, logged 8 1/2 inches of snow, while 12 to 18 inches of snow accumulated in the Creede area in northern Mineral county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Huerfano River Basin/Walsenburg and Vicinity
- When
- May 1, 3:00 AM MST to May 2, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Upper Huerfano River Basin/Walsenburg and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 1, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 5, 1999
- Drought in Georgia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 3, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in New Jersey, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in West Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Maryland, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 2, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 1999
Sources
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: 5698881, 5698880.