Craig colorado snowfall totals12/31/2023 ![]() Partly because of the way the Orographic lift works for regions along the Palmer Divide, much as it does in all the mountains on the Continental Divide, just on a smaller (but surprising scale.) The combination of high wind and heavy snow caused power lines to come down,” they reported.įor hundreds of years, folks have had trouble pegging the weather here on the Divide. Army in Humvees and by helicopter, the National Guard, law enforcement, other public resources, and private citizens. Emergency traffic only was allowed on eastern Colorado roadways. ![]() By Saturday, the Governor declared a State of Emergency. “Thousands of people were stranded in eastern Colorado, and hundreds had to be rescued from their snowbound vehicles. A vehicle was destroyed, though,” NOAA said. Another canopy at a gas station in Lamar collapsed, but no one was injured. Two people were injured in Colorado Springs when a canopy at a gas station collapsed under the weight of deep snow on top. “Many people were injured during the blizzard. Another man died in a vehicle accident in Pueblo during the blizzard Friday night,” reported the National Weather Service (NOAA) in Pueblo. A man in Bent county froze to death in open country while hunting, or looking for other hunters. An elderly women in Otero County tried to walk home after her vehicle became stuck in open country. Another person froze to death in a vehicle on post at Fort Carson in the Colorado Springs area. Three people in El Paso county perished from carbon monoxide poisoning after waiting for help to come in their snowbound vehicles for over 24 hours. “The scope and length of blizzard conditions proved fatal for several eastern Coloradans. Monument was not far behind with 48 inches recorded, and Woodland Park’s and Colorado Spring’s two feet, each, made it difficult to get around. 26, dropped a recorded 52 inches in Palmer Lake, with drifts of 15 feet. 24, and snowed almost non-stop until Sunday morning Oct. In Palmer Lake, the storm that began Friday afternoon, Oct. Ski Monument Hill.Īfter all, I was still in my shorts in October, almost 20 years ago, the day before one of the worst storms in this area in human memory. You are going to say, “Too early,” or something like “Killjoy,” but I like to still be in my shorts while making prognostications about open automobile ski season here on the Divide. Winter forecast from an informed, rank amateurīy Rob Carrigan, is time for my winter weather forecast.
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