Colorado, 2019Winter Weather in Colorado, May 21 to 22, 2019
May 21 to 22, 2019 · NWS GJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A fast moving upper level disturbance passed through the Four Corners region of southwest Colorado and brought a period of moderate to heavy snowfall as it moved through.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A fast moving upper level disturbance passed through the Four Corners region of southwest Colorado and brought a period of moderate to heavy snowfall as it moved through.
What forecasters said that day
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 21, 5:11 PM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Southwestern San Juan Mountains
- When
- May 21, 8:00 PM MST to May 22, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwestern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 37.594, -107.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Estimated snowfall amounts ranged ranged from 4 to 8 inches with travel impacts reported by Colorado Department of Transportation plow operators, mainly during the overnight hours.
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- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 21, 2019EF3 · 13 events
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 21, 20191 death · 1 event
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in South Dakota, May 21 to 27, 2019$5.2 million · 22 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 2019$74,000 · 87 kt wind · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 21 to 22, 2019EF1 · 15 events
- Tornado and Flooding in Kansas, May 21, 2019EF1 · 5 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 21 to 22, 20191 injured · 74 kt wind · 21 events
- Flooding and High Wind in Missouri, May 21, 201952 kt wind · 19 events
- High Wind in Iowa, May 21, 201960 kt wind · 10 events
- High Wind in Texas, May 21, 201956 kt wind · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 21, 20191 in hail · 7 events
- High Wind in California, May 21 to 22, 201969 kt wind · 6 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 815561.