Colorado, 2023Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 15 to 16, 2023
March 15 to 16, 2023 · NWS PUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Moderate to heavy snow showers continued through the overnight hours, with the highest snowfall amounts occurring over the southern mountains. During this period, the highest snowfall of over a foot fell cross the eastern San Juan Mountains.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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Moderate to heavy snow showers continued through the overnight hours, with the highest snowfall amounts occurring over the southern mountains. During this period, the highest snowfall of over a foot fell cross the eastern San Juan Mountains.
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.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 15, 3:17 AM MST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 3:17 AM MST, 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 15, 12:26 AM MST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft
- When
- March 15, 4:00 AM MST to March 16, 6:58 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total of 14.0 inches reported by Wolf Creek Ski.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, March 15, 2023$117,000 · 0.75 in hail · 13 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 15 to 17, 2023$2,000 · 12 events
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 15, 2023$13,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, March 15 to 16, 202352 kt wind · 8 events
- Flooding in Arizona, March 15 to 18, 20236 events
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 15 to 16, 20234 events
- Marine High Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 15, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, March 15 to 16, 20231 event
- Flash Flood in Utah, March 15, 20231 event
- High Wind in Texas, March 15, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 15, 202355 kt wind · 1 event
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: 1090020.