A moist, storm system generated beneficial widespread heavy snow totals across many portions of southern Colorado. and 19 inches at San Isabel Custer County).
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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 PUB wrote it up.
A moist, storm system generated beneficial widespread heavy snow totals across many portions of southern Colorado. Some of the higher reported snow totals included five to eight inches near Divide...Florissant...Woodland Park (Teller County)...Black Forest...Monument (El Paso County)...and Canon City (Fremont County)...nine to eleven inches near the Spanish Peaks andWalsenburg (Huerfano County)...Colorado City (Pueblo County)...12 to 15 inches near Westcliffe (Custer County)...Beulah and Rye (Pueblo County)...and 19 inches at San Isabel Custer County).
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 Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 7:45 AM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 745 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 742 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 LOADED IN LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOWFALL FIELDS. STORM CONTINUES TO LOOK ON TRACK WITH MORNING RUNS COMING IN. LW && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 548 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...MOIST SPRING STORM TO BRING WET SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT... MODELS IN GOOD CONSENSUS NOW ON A GOOD SPRING SNOW FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. PRIME FOCUS AREAS FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIP SHOULD END UP BEING THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE HIGH PLAINS ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS...WEST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...INCLUDING THE RATON MESA. VERY CONSISTENT MESSAGE FROM THE MODELS NOW THAT THIS IS WHERE THE MAXIMUM PRECIP WILL OCCUR. CONCEPTUALLY...THIS MAKES SENSE TOO AS THIS EVENT WILL BE DRIVEN BY NORTHEAST FLOW IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS WHICH WILL FORCE THE PRECIP TO OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. THE PRIME TARGET FOR SNOW...UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW...WILL BE ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN AREAS...WHERE THE NORTHEAST FLOW MEANS GREAT LIFT. THESE AREAS ARE UNDER A WARNING FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE WARNING INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...PIKES PEAK...THE WET AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THEY SHOULD BE THE WINNERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. MUCH OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THESE RANGES AND THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ARE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THIS INCLUDES THE PALMER DIVIDE...FREMONT COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY WEST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILL AREAS AROUND WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD...AND ALSO THE PLAINS ALONG THE RATON MESA...BORDERING NEW MEXICO. THESE AREAS SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME HEAVY WET SNOW...SEVERAL INCHES OF IT...BY SATURDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS MAY BE MORE ON THE GRASSY AREAS...AND NOT SO MUCH ON THE ROADS...DUE TO MARGINAL TEMPERATURES. BUT...WHERE IT SNOWS HEAVILY ENOUGH...IT MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADS ANYWAY. ELSEWHERE...PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH SNOW FOR A WARNING OR ADVISORY...BUT STILL AN INCH OR 2 OR 3. THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY FROM SALIDA TO BUENA VISTA IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER AN ADVISORY...BUT THEY COULD STILL SEE UP TO 4 INCHES OR SO. AN ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THERE JUST DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS DEVELOP. THE REASON SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WAS NOT PLACED IN A WARNING OR ADVISORY IS MAINLY DUE TO THE SURFACE WINDS. MODELS ARE INDICATING THEY WILL COME AROUND TO THE NORTH...WHICH USUALLY ENDS UP CREATING A PRONOUNCED SNOW SHADOW FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE MODELS ARE EVEN HINTING AT THIS IN THE PRECIP FIELDS. SO...PROBABLY A 1 TO 3 INCHER FOR MOST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH...ALTHOUGH HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE SPRINGS. LW .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 548 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 SYSTEM IMPACTING FORECAST DISTRICT TODAY AND TONIGHT IS PROJECTED TO BEGIN DEPARTING THE CWFA SATURDAY WITH METEOROLOGICAL FOCUS THEN SHIFTING TO IMPACT NEXT SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE OVER THE AREA FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SOME LINGERING SNOW IS ANTICIPATED OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW ANTICIPATED BETWEEN 12Z SATURDAY AND 00Z SUNDAY OVER GENERALLY FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THEN A RETURN TO DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE NOTED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS DRY ZONAL UPPER FLOW DEVELOPS. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN CHALLENGING 70F WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREATS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES BOTH AFTERNOONS. ANOTHER ROUND OF UNSETTLED AND COOLER METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IS THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS RECENT COMPUTER SIMULATIONS INDICATES THAT NEXT UPPER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME BENEFICIAL PRECIPITATION(INCLUDING ANOTHER ROUND OF LOCALLY HEAVY...GENERALLY HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW) IN COMBINATION WITH GUSTY WINDS. WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS POTENTIAL INCOMING SYSTEM. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 548 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 A MOIST SPRING STORM WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FLIGHT AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES ALL 3 TAFS SITES...BUT ESPECIALLY KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH CAN BE EXPECTED TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA. LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ087-088. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ072>075-079-080. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ078. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ094-099. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ058-060- 061-066-068. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ063-076-077-083-084. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ086. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ081-082. && UPDATE...LW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 716 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-081430- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 716 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST SPRING STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW TO SOUTHERN COLORADO LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS WEST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE MOST SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW...WITH UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE PLAINS WEST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...THE RATON MESA...AND THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE COULD SEE 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. FOR EVERYPLACE ELSE...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE AIRMASS WITH THIS SYSTEM IS NOT VERY COLD. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION. IN AREAS OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION...THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL BE SLOWER. WHERE IT PRECIPITATES HARDER...THE TRANSITION WILL BE QUICKER. IN ANY EVENT...THE LACK OF COLD AIR MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS WELL AS THE LEVEL OF TRAVEL HAZARD. IN MANY AREAS...ROADS MAY JUST REMAIN WET WITH ANY APPRECIABLE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ONLY OCCURRING ON GRASSY AREAS. IN OTHER AREAS...IT MAY SNOW HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL HAZARD. ADDITIONALLY...THE SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE OF THE HEAVY...WET VARIETY. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOAD BEARING PROBLEMS FOR VEGETATION...STRUCTURES AND UTILITY LINES IF IT SNOWS HEAVILY ENOUGH. SNOWFALL SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT FINISHED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO BY EARLY SATURDAY. AT THAT TIME...RAPIDLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF BENEFICIAL PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY PRIMARILY HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW IN COMBINATION WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. SINCE THIS POTENTIAL STORM SYSTEM IS STILL SOME FOUR TO FIVE DAYS AWAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS OF THIS POSSIBLE STORM REMAIN QUITE LOW AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 503767, 503770, 503789, 503790, 503792, 503793, 503815, 503816, 507265, 503818, 503819.