An upper level system tracked east across southern Colorado during this period. This led to snow from the Central Mountains, southeast into the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains, and into the southern I-25 corridor.
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 PUB wrote it up.
An upper level system tracked east across southern Colorado during this period. This led to snow from the Central Mountains, southeast into the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains, and into the southern I-25 corridor. Amounts were generally low, though a couple of snowfall amounts around a foot and a half were observed over the Pikes Peak region and southern mountains.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow of 17 inches.
Heavy snow of 18 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2022
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: 1025273, 1025270.