Colorado, 2023Winter Weather in Colorado, March 24 to 25, 2023
March 24 to 25, 2023 · NWS GJT · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A mid-level negatively-tilted shortwave trough lifted across the Western Slope. Residual moisture paired with a cold air mass aloft resulted in scattered snow showers over the mountains.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A mid-level negatively-tilted shortwave trough lifted across the Western Slope. Residual moisture paired with a cold air mass aloft resulted in scattered snow showers over the mountains. Moderate accumulations fell in a short period of time across the northern and some central ranges.
Winter Weather, Elkhead and Park Mountains
- When
- March 24, 10:00 AM MST to March 25, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Elkhead and Park Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 40.552, -107.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Generally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts of up to 11 inches estimated at the Tower SNOTEL site.
Winter Weather, Grand and Battlement Mesas
- When
- March 24, 10:00 AM MST to March 25, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Grand and Battlement Mesas forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 39.159, -108.078 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Generally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area.
Winter Weather, Flattop Mountains
- When
- March 24, 11:00 AM MST to March 25, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Flattop Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 40.062, -107.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Generally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the area.
- Winter Weather
- 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 Flash Flood in Mississippi, March 24, 202320 deaths · 170 injured · $112 million · EF4 · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 24, 20232 deaths · 56 injured · $81 million · EF3 · 30 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 24 to 25, 20231 death · $27 million · EF2 · 63 events
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 24, 20232 deaths · 2 injured · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, March 24 to 27, 20231 death · $40,000 · 7 events
- Rip Current in Florida, March 24, 20231 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 24 to 27, 20235 injured · $335,000 · EF1 · 18 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Tennessee, March 24, 2023$269,000 · EF1 · 10 events
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 24, 2023EF2 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 24, 20231 injured · $246,000 · 70 kt wind · 12 events
- Flood and High Wind in Ohio, March 24 to 25, 2023$135,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, March 24, 2023$45,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1078177, 1078178, 1078179.