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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
955 PM MDT SUN OCT 26 1997
 
...FINAL LIST OF SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS
OF
THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF COLORADO FOR THE OCTOBER 24-25TH
BLIZZARD...
 
GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 15 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE
URBAN CORRIDER FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH TO CASTLE ROCK.  SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER
RANGED
FROM 2 TO 4 FEET.  ALSO SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF CASTLE
ROCK
IN THE MONUMENT HILL AREA APPROACHED 4 FEET AS WELL.  WINDS
DURING
THE PEAK OF THE STORM WERE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND
GUSTS
OF 50 TO 60 MPH AT TIMES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS.  SNOW DRIFTS
RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 FEET IN SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO.
 
IN THE MOUNTAINS AN AUTOMATED WIND SENSOR REPORTED SUSTAINED
WINDS
OF 90 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 115 MPH DURING SATURDAY MORNING. 
SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS GENERALL RANGED FROM 6 TO 12
INCHES.
 

51 INCHES  -  COAL CREEK CANYON
48 INCHES  -  SILVER SPRUCE RANCH
48 INCHES  -  MONUMENT HILL AREA
42 INCHES  -  INTERCANYON
37 INCHES  -  SEDALIA
36 INCHES  -  FOXTON
35 INCHES  -  ASPEN SPRINGS
35 INCHES  -  CONIFER
32 INCHES  -  ELIZABETH
31 INCHES  -  ELDORADO SPRINGS
31 INCHES  -  SOUTHEAST AURORA
31 INCHES  -  ENGLEWOOD
30 INCHES  -  ALLENSPARK
30 INCHES  -  SUNSHINE CANYON...ABOVE BOULDER
30 INCHES  -  SOUTHEAST AURORA (TOWER/HAMPDEN)
30 INCHES  -  TABLE MESA-BOULDER
29 INCHES  -  CASTLE ROCK
28 INCHES  -  IDAHO SPRINGS
28 INCHES  -  LOVELAND
28 INCHES  -  ESTES PARK
28 INCHES  -  PARKER
27 INCHES  -  HIGHLANDS RANCH
27 INCHES  -  SOUTHWEST LITTLETON
27 INCHES  -  WESTMINSTER
26 INCHES  -  3 SOUTH OF ELBERT (5-7 FOOT DRIFTS)
26 INCHES  -  WHEAT RIDGE
25 INCHES  -  GENESEE
25 INCHES  -  NEDERLAND
24 INCHES  -  PINE JUNCTION
24 INCHES  -  BOULDER (28TH & BROADWAY)
24 INCHES  -  CARTER LAKE
24 INCHES  -  KIOWA
23 INCHES  -  LOUISVILLE
23 INCHES  -  THORNTON
23 INCHES  -  GROSS RESERVOIR
23 INCHES  -  BLACKHAWK 8 MILES NORTH
23 INCHES  -  ARVADA
22 INCHES  -  NORTH TURKEY CREEK
22 INCHES  -  WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...OLD STAPLETON AIRPORT
22 INCHES  -  LITTLETON
21 INCHES  -  LAKEWOOD
20 INCHES  -  VIRGINIA DALE
20 INCHES  -  NATHROP
20 INCHES  -  BOULDER...UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CAMPUS
20 INCHES  -  ESTES PARK
20 INCHES  -  CASTLE ROCK
20 INCHES  -  BROOMFIELD
19 INCHES  -  FORT COLLINS
19 INCHES  -  BYERS
18 INCHES  -  EVERGREEN
18 INCHES  -  FEDERAL/38TH
18 INCHES  -  GREELEY
17 INCHES  -  CABIN CREEK
17 INCHES  -  LAFAYETTE
16 INCHES  -  FORT MORGAN
16 INCHES  -  KIOWA
14 INCHES  -  RALSTON RESERVOIR
14 INCHES  -  DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT