Colorado, 2000Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 2000
December 10 to 11, 2000 · NWS PUB · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
Heavy Snow, Leadville and Vicinity
- When
- December 10, 10:00 PM MST to December 11, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Leadville and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A strong upper level disturbance brought 6 to 10 inches of snow to the central mountains. Climax had 6 inches of accumulation and 10 inches was logged at the Monarch ski area.
Heavy Snow, W Lake / W Chaffee County
- When
- December 10, 10:00 PM MST to December 11, 8:00 AM 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)
- 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.
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 10 to 31, 20001 death · 37 events
- Extreme Cold in North Dakota, December 10, 20001 death · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000$1.3 million · 51 events
- Flood in Florida, December 10, 2000$13 million · 1 event
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Missouri, December 10 to 11, 200037 events
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 200021 events
- High Wind in Colorado, December 10, 2000$25,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 10 to 11, 200015 events
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 10 to 11, 200013 events
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 20009 events
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 20008 events
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 10 to 31, 20007 events
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: 5168995, 5168996.