Colorado, 2006Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 28 to 29, 2006
April 28 to 29, 2006 · NWS PUB · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
while 11 inches was noted 7 miles west of Westcliffe in Custer County.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A weather disturbance brought isolated heavy snow amounts to the Cuchara area in Huerfano County...7 inches...while 11 inches was noted 7 miles west of Westcliffe in Custer County.
Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- April 28, 8:00 AM MST to April 29, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- April 28, 8:00 AM MST to April 29, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 28 to 29, 2006$762,000 · F1 · 35 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 28 to 30, 2006$382,000 · F0 · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 28, 2006$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 37 events
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 2006$118,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 28 to 29, 2006$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in North Dakota, April 28, 2006F0 · 16 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 28, 2006$15,000 · F0 · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 28, 20062 in hail · 9 events
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 20062.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 28, 20061.5 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 20060.88 in hail · 2 events
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 28, 20061 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5503724, 5503725.