Heavy Snow, Grand and Battlement Mesas
- When
- January 24, 11:00 PM MST to January 25, 9:30 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)
Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 24 to 25, 2004
An upper level low pressure system brought heavy snow to much of the Grand and Battlement Mesas. Up to 19 inches was measured at Powderhorn Ski Area.
Where it happened
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- 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.
An upper level low pressure system brought heavy snow to much of the Grand and Battlement Mesas. Up to 19 inches was measured at Powderhorn Ski Area.
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
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 2004
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 24 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 24 to 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 24 to 25, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 24 to 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 24 to 26, 2004
- Cold in Maine, January 24 to 25, 2004
- Winter Weather in Washington, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 24 to 31, 2004
- Cold in New Hampshire, January 24 to 25, 2004
- Cold in Maine, January 24 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 24 to 25, 2004
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5383232.