over much of southern Colorado. Peyton...
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 PUB wrote it up.
A storm system moving across the Four-Corners area produced widespread snow...heavy at times...over much of southern Colorado. Some of the higher snow totals include 6 to 9 inches near Black Forest...Air Force Academy...Peyton... Monument...Colorado Springs...Manitou Springs (El Paso County)...Divide (Teller County)...Canon City (Fremont County)...Beulah (Pueblo County)...Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County)...Westcliffe (Custer County)...and Trinidad and Kim (Las Animas County). Ten inches of snow graced Rye (Pueblo County) and Maysville (Chaffee County)...while 12 inches of snow was measured atop Cheyenne Mountain (El Paso 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 Jan 21, 3:23 AM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 323 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 308 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY... CURRENTLY...SHORT WAVE ENTERING SRN ID AND UPPER LOW MOVING THRU SRN CA WILL CONTINUE PUSHING EWD TODAY...BEFORE PHASING AND DROPPING TO THE SOUTH SE TONIGHT OVER NM. DEFORMATION BAND OF SNOW HAS SET UP OVER PORTIONS OF THE SE PLAINS MAINLY ALONG AND N OF HGWY 50...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING. MAY SEE A BIT OF A LULL OVER EL PASO COUNTY A BIT LATER THIS MORNING...BUT ANY BREAK SHOULD BE BRIEF AS UPSLOPE STRENGTHENS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE ALONG AND JUST E OF THE ERN MT RANGES TODAY...AND OVER THE RATON MESA AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION...EWD TO PORTIONS OF THE SE PLAINS. MODELS STILL SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO A FOOT...POSSIBLY MORE...OF SNOW IN THESE LOCATIONS. EARLIER SHIFTS LEFT THE FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE SO MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MORNING PACKAGE. REMAINING CONCERNS FOCUS MAINLY ON SOME OF THE ZONES CURRENTLY UNDER ADVISORIES...EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO...OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL OVER WRN EL PASO...SRN AND WRN PUEBLO...AND SRN OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES. HOWEVER...A GOOD PORTION OF THESE ZONES MAY STAY IN THE ADVISORY RANGE. ALSO...ABSENCE OF STRONG WINDS WILL MITIGATE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. SO...CURRENT HEADLINES LOOK ON TARGET AND CAN BE ADJUSTED LATER IF NEEDED. TONIGHT...THE PHASED UPPER LOW WILL CUT OFF NR THE 4 CORNERS REGION...THEN TRACK SWD THROUGH NM ON THU. BEST FORCING AND LIFT WILL SHIFT SWD AS WELL...SO WILL SEE CLEARING CONDITIONS FROM N TO S OVER OUR AREA. MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD END AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH OF HGWY 50...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SERN ZONES CURRENTLY UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING. H7 TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...TO AROUND MINUS 14 OR 15 OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME PRETTY LOW OVERNIGHT MINS...ESPECIALLY IF ANY CLEARING OCCURS OVER THE MORE NRN ZONES. BUT WITH EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...LINGERING INTO THU MORNING...WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS ON THE HIGHER SIDE OF GUIDANCE. ROSE .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 308 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015 A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN IS LIKELY DURING THIS FCST PERIOD. DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE STORM THAT IS LIKELY GOING TO BRING QUITE A BIT OF BENEFICIAL SNOW TO THE REGION WILL BE EXITING THE STATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS FCST TIME PERIOD...12Z THU. ANY SNOW THAT IS FALLING THU SUNRISE SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY LATE MORNING THU. TEMPS THU AND THU NITE WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. GIVEN THAT MOST AREAS WILL HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND THU...KEPT MAX TEMPS ON THE COOL SIDE WITH HIGHS IN THE U20S TO L30S ON THE PLAINS THU AFTERNOON. WITH CLEAR SKIES THU NITE...WE SHOULD GET QUITE COLD WITH MANY POSITIVE SINGLE DIGITS AS LOWS BY EARLY FRI MORNING. FROM FRIDAY ON...EXPECT DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE EACH DAY ON THE PLAINS...WITH 40S FRI...L50S SAT...M50S SUN...AND 60S RETURNING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR THE MTNS...CANT RULE OUT A PASSING SNOW SHOWER...ESPECIALLY FRI AND SAT ACROSS THE C MTNS...BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT DRY WEATHER WITH GRADUALLY INCREASING TEMPS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 308 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015 MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE THE CURRENT WINTER STORM MOVING INTO OUR AREA TODAY. IFR CONDITIONS...WITH OCCASIONAL LIFR CONDITIONS IN PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW...WILL BE THE RULE TODAY. COULD SEE SOME BRIEF DOWN TURNS IN THE SNOW...PARTICULARLY NR KCOS LATER THIS MORN...BUT ANY BREAK SHOULD BE FAIRLY BRIEF AS UPSLOPE WINDS PICK UP LATER TODAY. WILL NOT LIKELY SEE IMPROVEMENT UNTIL AFTER 06Z TONIGHT AT KPUB AND KCOS. THEN...SHOULD SEE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR OR EVEN VFR BY 12Z THU. AT KALS...MOST OF THE SN WILL BE FALLING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND SOUTH OF KALS...HOWEVER BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS EVENING. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ076>078-083>086-089-093-095>098. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ058>063. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ074-075-079- 080-087-088-094-099. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ065>068-071>073. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ081-082. && SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...HODANISH AVIATION...ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1120 AM MST TUE JAN 20 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-211830- 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- 1120 AM MST TUE JAN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY. AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL SPREAD TO THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...SPANISH PEAKS REGION...AND AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. SNOW AND ICE ON ROADWAYS COULD LEAD TO A HAZARDOUS COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL BE OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLORADO BORDER. A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF SEVERAL INCHES IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND LIKELY TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...INCLUDING THE I-25 CORRIDOR. 50/50
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1217 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1216 AM SNOW 5 NE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 39.03N 104.80W
01/21/2015 M1.7 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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HODANISHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 248 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015 COZ086-211230- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 248 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015 SHORT RANGE HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE IS INDICATING A BAND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE GREATER PUEBLO AREA BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THIS MORNING. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SNOW BAND. PLAN FOR EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION THIS MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
431 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1216 AM SNOW 5 NE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 39.03N 104.80W
01/21/2015 M1.7 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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RMGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
537 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM SNOW MONUMENT 39.10N 104.88W
01/21/2015 E3.0 INCH EL PASO CO COUNTY OFFICIAL
MONUMENT SCHOOL OFFICIAL
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HODANISHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 AM MST WED JAN 21 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 AM SNOW 4 W ELLICOTT 38.84N 104.46W
01/21/2015 M1.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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RMGThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 2015
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: 554988, 554989, 554986, 554987, 554990, 554991.