Heavy snow occurred across the Front Range Foothills and Urban Corridor. The combination careless driving and snowpacked roads resulted in 3 multi-vehicle accidents involving 30 vehicles, along Interstate 25 in Douglas County.
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The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Heavy snow occurred across the Front Range Foothills and Urban Corridor. The combination careless driving and snowpacked roads resulted in 3 multi-vehicle accidents involving 30 vehicles, along Interstate 25 in Douglas County. Eleven people were injured and one was killed. Storm totals included: 11 inches in Evergreen, 10 inches at Eldorado Springs and Genesee, 8 inches at Broomfield, Ken Caryl Ranch and Thornton, with 5 to 7 inches reported at Arvada, Bailey, Crow Hill, Green Mountain, Gross Reservoir, Lakewood, Lousiville, 7 miles west-northwest of Loveland, 10 miles east of Red Feather Lakes and Westminster.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 2001
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228032, 5228033, 5228034, 5228035, 5228036, 5228037.