Heavy Snow, San Juan River Basin
- When
- March 16, 6:30 PM MST to March 17, 7:30 AM MST
- Where
- San Juan River Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 2001
A slow moving Pacific low pressure system dropped 6 to 8 inches of snow in the vicinity of Pagosa Springs.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 slow moving Pacific low pressure system dropped 6 to 8 inches of snow in the vicinity of Pagosa Springs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Maine, March 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 16 to 18, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 16, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, March 16, 2001
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, March 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: 5237381.