Winter Storm, Central Yampa River Basin
- When
- February 13, 3:30 PM MST to February 14, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central Yampa River Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.361, -107.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2001
A strong Pacific storm system near the Four Corners region brought heavy snowfall to portions of western Colorado. The southwest San Juan Mountains received up to a foot of snow, while the Grand and Battlement Mesas in west central Colorado got around 15 inches.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
A strong Pacific storm system near the Four Corners region brought heavy snowfall to portions of western Colorado. The southwest San Juan Mountains received up to a foot of snow, while the Grand and Battlement Mesas in west central Colorado got around 15 inches. In the vicinity of Glenwood Springs and over portions of the northwest Plateau, 5 to 7 inches of snow fell during the storm.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 13, 1:55 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 1:55 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WESTERN COLORADO & EASTERN UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
155 PM MST TUE FEB 13 2001
CALIFORNIA LOW IS QUICKLY PUSHING COLD AIR INTO THIS REGION TONIGHT.
IMPRESSIVE JET NOSE BRINGS STRONG AGEOSTROPHIC FORCING TO THE FOUR-
CORNER ZONES THIS EVENING. MODELS INITIALIZED TOO WEAK...YET
DYNAMICS ARE IMPRESSIVE FOR 6-8 HOURS TONIGHT AS A DIVERGENCE
COUPLET WORKS ITS WAY NE ACROSS THE REGION. OROGRAPHICS TO HELP
ALONG SW-FACING SLOPES (SAN JUANS/LA SALS/ABAJOS). ALSO WITH
STRONG SFC WARMING TODAY AND COLD POOL BUSTING IN TONIGHT...
CONVECTION ALSO TO ASSIST WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HAVE MENTIONED AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE FOUR-CORNERS WHERE THETA-E SURFACES ARE
VERTICAL THIS EVENING. AFTER THE INITIAL PUSH TONIGHT...EXPECT SOME
CLEARING EARLY WEDNESDAY...BUT THEN WRAP-AROUND WED AFTERNOON-NIGHT
WITH A SECOND TROP FOLD EVIDENT. GOOD CONFIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE COMBINATION OF BOTH SIDES OF THE SYSTEM.
THEREFORE WILL ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT-WED FOR SW
VALLEYS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND A WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN MTNS.
LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEYS AND NORTH...
BUT MOST WILL OCCUR IN WRAP-AROUND. HIGH POPS FOR GRAND VALLEY IS
REASONABLE IN UP-VALLEY SE FLOW TONIGHT.
COLDER NORTH FLOW CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...FOR COOLER THAN
PROGGED MIN TEMPS. FLAT WEST FLOW FOR FRIDAY KEEPS THE NORTH WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. SHORTWAVE RIDGING USHERS IN THE NEW WEEK.
EXTENDED STILL DEPENDENT UPON TIMING AND LOCATION OF NEXT CUTOFF
LOW. FOR NOW WILL LUMP MON-TUE WITH POPS...FAVORING SOUTH.
99/RAMEY
.GJT...WINTER STORM WARNING COZ19 AND UTZ28 TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY COZ09/10/18/20/21/22/23 AND
UTZ23 TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Central Colorado River Basin
- When
- February 13, 3:30 PM MST to February 14, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central Colorado River Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.481, -107.172 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Grand and Battlement Mesas
- When
- February 13, 3:30 PM MST to February 14, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Grand and Battlement Mesas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.159, -108.078 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Southwestern San Juan Mountains
- When
- February 13, 3:30 PM MST to February 14, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwestern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.594, -107.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Colorado, February 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, February 13, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in California, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 13 to 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 2001
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: 5232656, 5232748, 5232749, 5232750.