Colorado, 2000Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 16 to 17, 2000
February 16 to 17, 2000 · NWS PUB · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
4 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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, Eastern San Juan Mountains
- When
- February 16, 2:00 PM MST to February 17, 9:00 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)
A rather quick moving storm system generated areas of heavy snow and occasional thunder. Some snow totals included up to 3 inches at both Monument and Colorado Springs in El Paso county...6 inches at Woodland Park in Teller county...and 10 inches of snow at Wolf Creek Pass...and near Creede in Mineral county.
Heavy Snow, Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak
- When
- February 17, 9:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity
- When
- February 17, 11:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -105.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge
- When
- February 17, 11:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.992, -105.637 (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.
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 16 to 17, 200012 injured · $100,000 · 5 events
- Winter Weather in New York, February 16, 2000$6,000 · 6 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 16, 2000$6,000 · 6 events
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 20003 events
- Heavy Snow in California, February 16, 20003 events
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 16, 20002 events
- Tornado and Flood in California, February 16, 2000F0 · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 16, 2000$5,000 · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 16 to 17, 20001 event
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 20001 event
- Hail in California, February 16, 20000.75 in hail · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16 to 17, 20001 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5132162, 5132163, 5132164, 5132165.