A strong cold front generated some localized significant snow totals across the eastern slopes of the Wet Mountains in Pueblo and Custer Counties. while 8 inches of snow was measured at Beulah.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A strong cold front generated some localized significant snow totals across the eastern slopes of the Wet Mountains in Pueblo and Custer Counties. Six inches of snow was noted in the vicinity of Rye and San Isabel...while 8 inches of snow was measured at Beulah.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 2006
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: 5490267, 5490268.