Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains
- When
- May 3, 7:00 AM MST to May 4, 1:00 PM 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 3 to 4, 1999
A strong, fast moving weather disturbance moved across southern Colorado, bringing snow, heavy at times, to parts of the southern and central Colorado mountains. In the eastern San Juan mountains, 11 inches of snow was recorded at Wolf Creek Pass, while Creede in northern Mineral county received 5 inches of snow.
Where it happened
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- 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.
A strong, fast moving weather disturbance moved across southern Colorado, bringing snow, heavy at times, to parts of the southern and central Colorado mountains. In the eastern San Juan mountains, 11 inches of snow was recorded at Wolf Creek Pass, while Creede in northern Mineral county received 5 inches of snow. Monarch Pass, in southwest Chaffee county, accumulated 6 to 8 inches of snow.
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, W Lake / W Chaffee County
- When
- May 3, 7:00 AM MST to May 4, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Lake / W Chaffee County forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.202, -106.345 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3 to 4, 1999
- High Wind in California, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 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: 5698882, 5698883.