A winter storm brought heavy snow to the North Central Mountains of Colorado. 5 inches at Grizzly Peak and Stillwater Creek; and 10 inches near Grand Lake.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
A winter storm brought heavy snow to the North Central Mountains of Colorado. Storm totals included: 19.5 inches at Columbine SNOTEL, 16.5 inches at Never Summer, 15 inches at Joe Wright, 13.5 inches at Jones Pass and Phantom Valley SNOTEL, 12 inches at the Loveland, Tower and Zirkel SNOTEL sites; 10.5 inches at Grizzly Peak and Stillwater Creek; and 10 inches near Grand Lake. Lesser amounts of 4 to 9 inches were observed elsewhere. In addition, a snowboarder was injured in an avalanche over Berthoud Pass.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 14, 5:35 PM MST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1055 AM MST SUN NOV 14 2010 COZ030>051-151300- 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- 1055 AM MST SUN NOV 14 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. THE MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS ABOVE TIMBERLINE...WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ACROSS THE PLAINS...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH STRONG MOIST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...THE MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECTED SNOW LIKELY MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MAJOR SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES THROUGH THAT PERIOD. THE EASTERN PLAINS CAN EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH DRY CONDITIONS NEAR FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS INTO WEDNESDAY. FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL THE FORECAST AREA...WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT ANY REPORTS OF MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL WOULD BE APPRECIATED. D_L/RJK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather, 1 winter storm, 1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
A snowboarder was injured when he triggered an avalanche at the Nitro Chute on Berthoud Pass. He suffered a back injury when he was transported over a cliff band. The severity of his injuries was unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, November 2010
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: 267183, 267184, 267185, 267186, 267661, 268191.