Colorado, 2008Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 17, 2008
March 17, 2008 · NWS BOU · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A brief period of heavy snow developed over southern portions of the Front Range Foothills. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 5 to nearly 10 inches.
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- 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.
A brief period of heavy snow developed over southern portions of the Front Range Foothills. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 5 to nearly 10 inches. Some totals included: 9.5 inches, 4 miles west-northwest of Conifer; 8.5 inches, 1 mile west of Evergreen; with 8 inches, 3 miles northeast of Bergen Park and St. Mary's Glacier.
What forecasters said that day
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NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 16, 7:40 PM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 7:40 PM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 10:14 AM MST, 13 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1114 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008
COZ030>051-171200-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
1114 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM STRUGGLING TO ORGANIZE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
HAS YET TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON THE OUTLOOK AREA AS OF LATE SUNDAY
MORNING. HOWEVER AS THIS STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY MOVES EAST THIS
AFTERNOON...EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER
THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS AND SOUTH PARK. ON THE PLAINS BECAUSE
OF THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL MUCH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
FURTHERMORE DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUD COVER OVER MUCH OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO...THE CHANCE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS
MINIMAL AT BEST. BY TONIGHT...SNOW SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN
THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY MORNING. ON
THE PLAINS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING SHOULD QUICKLY
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS. IN AREAS UP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SEVERAL INCHES OF
WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY MORNING. WHEREAS IN AREAS OUT NEAR THE
EASTERN BORDER...PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT MAY REMAIN AS RAIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE
PLAINS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. A
CHANCE OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND. THE PLAINS WILL BE DRY FROM MONDAY EVENING INTO NEXT
WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS
FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
BAKER/RPK
In the hours before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Jefferson & W Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet / Gilpin / Clear Creek / Ne Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
- When
- March 17, 12:00 AM MST to 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Jefferson & W Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet / Gilpin / Clear Creek / Ne Park Counties Below 9000 Feet forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.516, -105.413 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Peak storm totals included: 9.5 inches, 4 miles west-northwest of Conifer; 8.5 inches, 1 mile west of Evergreen; with 8 inches, 3 miles northeast of Bergen Park and St. Mary's Glacier.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, March 17 to 22, 20082 deaths · $34 million · 68 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, March 17 to 19, 20081 death · $36 million · EF0 · 45 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 17 to 18, 20081 death · $589,000 · EF1 · 30 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, March 17 to 19, 20081 death · $600,000 · 0.88 in hail · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, March 17 to 18, 2008$540,000 · 52 kt wind · 25 events
- High Wind and High Surf in Texas, March 17 to 18, 20082 injured · $19,000 · 53 kt wind · 14 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 17 to 18, 2008EF0 · 22 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 17 to 18, 20081 in hail · 18 events
- Flooding in Missouri, March 17 to 22, 200812 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17 to 18, 20081.75 in hail · 11 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 17 to 21, 20089 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Missouri, March 17 to 18, 2008$2,000 · 0.88 in hail · 4 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 90411.