Moderate to heavy snow occurred along the Front Range mountains and foothills along and south of Interstate 70, including South Park. 5 inches.
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Moderate to heavy snow occurred along the Front Range mountains and foothills along and south of Interstate 70, including South Park. Storm totals generally ranged from 6 to 12.5 inches.
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 Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 4:54 PM MST, 12 hours 6 minutes earlier.
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3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm total of 12.2 inches was observed 2 miles south of Breckenridge.
Some of the more impressive storm totals included: 12.5 inches, 2 miles southeast of Antero Junction; 11.3 inches, 2.7 miles southwest of Fairplay; with 9 inches near Grant.
A trained spotter in Dumont picked up 10 inches of snowfall.
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: 1024244, 1024247, 1024242.