A moist and unstable northwesterly flow resulted in significant snowfall over the mountains of northwest Colorado.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 GJT wrote it up.
A moist and unstable northwesterly flow resulted in significant snowfall over the mountains of northwest Colorado.
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 Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 9:45 AM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 542 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-291145- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- 542 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY BRINGING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON FAVORABLE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. BY LATE TONIGHT ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL MOSTLY BE LIMITED TO THE NORTHERN DIVIDE FROM THE VAIL VICINITY NORTHWARD. ALSO...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES MAY DROP BELOW FREEZING IN THE LOWER VALLEYS OF WEST- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ALONG CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...FAVORING NORTH FACING SLOPES AND DRAINAGES IN THE VICINITY OF VAIL PASS AND NORTHWARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NL/EH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts of 3 to 8 inches were measured across the area. Wind gusts of 25 to 40 mph produced areas of blowing and drifting snow.
Snowfall amounts of 3 to 8 inches were measured across the area. Wind gusts of 25 to 40 mph produced areas of blowing and drifting snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2014
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: 559300, 559299.