All donations made in 2023 will go directly toward this project. The 1913 blizzard blew more than three feet of snow into Denver. This means that all non-essential travel should be avoided. There is a common misconception that the Colorado Front Range gets a lot of snow. Total snow accumulations of 1-3 feet for the higher elevations around Wolf Creek Pass and . Due to the previous heavy snowfalls and lack of snow removal on many residential streets (still nearly impassable from the first storm) were unmanageable. At 10:40 PM, Governor Ed Rendell declared a disaster emergency. [20][21] GO Train in Toronto and Amtrak train service from Boston was also disrupted. [citation needed] County Emergency Dispatch officials reported about a dozen or so minor vehicle accidents due to the slippery conditions. Some locations in the Mid-Atlantic received several inches of sleet. Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference. DENVER ( KDVR) On October 24-26 of 1997 a major blizzard arrived in Colorado and buried the Denver metro area in 14 to 31 inches of snowfall, caused power . At 8:20 AM on the 14th, it was decided that drifting was occurring more frequently than road crews could clear, resulting in the heavily traveled road being closed. Using helicopters, snowmobiles and tractors, rescuers opened roads and ferried supplies and feed to ranchers isolated by the blizzard.With grocery stores running out of supplies, National Guard soldiers worked diligently to take food to trapped residents.Residents also rushed to help their neighbors using farm tractors to clear roads.Power outages plagued the region especially in areas near Holly and Walsh.On Tuesday rescue efforts shifted from finding people to rescuing cattle.The Colorado Air National Guard and the Oklahoma Air National Guard flying in helicopters dropped hay to hungry cattle across the sparsely populated area.Helicopters crews operated out of the airports near Lamar, Springfield and Las Animas to reach animals.Airmen joined forces with area ranchers, who volunteered to help on the flights, to throw hay bales to stranded animals that were standing in 3-to-4-foot deep snow.Four Blackhawk helicopters, two Huey helicopters and a large Chinook helicopter assisted in the mission.National Guard crews also used a Kiowa scout helicopter to help direct disaster relief.State highways across the region began to flow with traffic again.On Wednesday, the sun peeked through with higher temperatures melting some of the snow.Hay drops continued with the help of a C-130 cargo plane out of Wyoming.The cargo plane with a crew of 10, took off from Pueblo Memorial Airport, dropping hay in spots across the valley.Rescue efforts continued throughout the day and power crews were getting assistance in fixing downed power lines.City crews in Lamar, Rocky Ford, La Junta and all towns in between continued to clear snow-packed streets.Workers from Pueblo and Colorado Springs also helped.National Guard units continued their humanitarian missions delivering medication to stranded residents, including oxygen and other needed items.Several buildings throughout the valley collapsed because of the weight of the heavy, melting snow.Outgoing Colorado Agriculture Director Don Ament said it was too early to determine how many cattle were lost.Thursday, the sun peeked through again, accompanied by warmer temperatures as the Wyoming Air National Guard continued to drop hay using a C-130 cargo plane. After Holiday Blizzard II the Colorado National Guard was sent to the Southeastern Colorado Plains in an attempt to access small towns isolated by heavy snowdrifts. As a Summit Daily News reader, you make our work possible. Heavy snow continued to beleaguer Colorado residents in the days that followed. October 1997 - Passersby give motorist Joe Proctor a shove along West Bijou Street in Colorado Springs on Saturday morning, October 25, 1997. Denver natives of a certain age might remember this storm as the one that gave us two spring breaks! Residents in St. Louis recalled July 14, 1954, as the day "they were just cooked ." 14 / 50. Burlington, Vermont recorded record 24-hour snowfall, with 25.3 inches (640mm). Along the plains, between 10,000 and 15,000 cows were found dead due to the cold and severe weather conditions. The storm also pounded Albuquerque with over 26inches of snow in less than two days.[2]. Low pressure developed in the southern Plains on Monday the 12th as a cold front pushed southward across the Northeast. As some warmer air began to move in above the surface, the snow mixed with and changed to sleet and freezing rain between 6 PM and 7 PM EST on the 13th in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties, then between 7 PM and 11 PM across most other areas in eastern Pennsylvania. Over a week after the storm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, melted snow refreezes into ice on a street. At 9:30 PM, a PennDOT supervisor arrived in Hamburg. Other pecan trees had large limbs broken off, and one person was injured. 5. The storm closed Interstate 70 in the mountains, and had a greater impact farther east, where 40 inches of snow fell on Aurora. Snow is overspreading Colorado, where Denver is forecast to receive one to two feet. January 6-10, 1996. Blizzard conditions could affect parts of northern Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Previously, portions of the Great Lakes were hit by a significant lake effect snow event which dumped incredible amounts of snow over portions of central New York. [23][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][13] In Quebec City, a 16-year-old boy disappeared during the snowstorm and was found dead three days later in a snow bank.[40]. Nearly a dozen large pecan trees were uprooted. The Holiday Blizzard I was an intense blizzard that covered the Colorado Front Range, the Colorado Eastern Plains and surrounding states. Hay drops were instituted to feed thousands of stranded, starving cattle. . The tornado was down only intermittently. In Berks County, snow and sleet along with very cold temperatures combined with some accidents and other aspects to cause a 50-mile backup on Interstate 78. Several schools' classes were canceled after years without a snow day. Tornado damage, rather than snow fall, caused Tulane University to cancel classes. The blizzard beginning on December 20 was not the state's final snowstorm in 2006. The heart of this storm was in Denver, Colorado and caused many roads to shut down as well as the Denver International Airport. The entire state of Colorado will get a break from snow Thursday night and Friday morning. 80 homes and mobile homes were impacted, 44 of which sustained significant damage or were destroyed. Ed Rendell declared a statewide disaster emergency in response to the poor road conditions and ensuing highway closings. When lightning struck near central Colorado on July 6, 1994, it set off a raging wildfire that burned 2,115 acres in the South Canyon area. Denver has had its fair share of record snowfalls during the last 100 years, but three of them certainly stand out. Blizzard conditions hit Colorado as winter storm heads east. On the 17th at 4 PM, the interstate reopened. South of the wintry precipitation zone, severe weather erupted across the Gulf States, where a tornado was reported on February 12 in the New Orleans area killing one person and injuring a dozen in the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood, one of the hardest hit areas by Hurricane Katrina due to the flood waters. But the Armistice Day Blizzard, which (as the name suggests) hit Nov. 11, 1940, quickly and unexpectedly brought a flurry of deadly snowfall. The mixed precipitation made it more difficult for some road crews to keep up. There have been no reported human deaths but officials are estimating that about 3,500 cattle may have been killed.There are an estimated 340,000 head of cattle in the region.On Dec. 31, widespread rescue efforts began.Searchers using helicopters and single-engine planes crisscrossed the frozen plains looking for people stranded by the blizzard that closed highways and brought life to a standstill.Gov. During the day on Wednesday the 14th, this secondary low strengthened rapidly and moved northeastward along the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts while the primary low dissipated in the central Appalachians. The southern portion of the storm produced severe thunderstorms with numerous tornadoes reported. Winter storms can range from a moderate snow over a few hours to a blizzard that lasts for several days. It was estimated that drifts in some areas of Denver reached up to 5 feet (1.5m), with an average depth of about 3 feet (0.91m). The highway was closed for more than an hour, which forced motorists to detour on slush-covered side streets. This small outbreak produced a total of 19 tornadoes. In sharp contrast to the mostly mild weather in the first few weeks of winter, the eastern half of the continent was under the influence of cold temperatures. Lackawanna County and Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania received so much snow that every highway was closed. Another home sustained damage to its porch, and a chicken house also sustained minor roof damage. Localized but extensive power outages were reported across areas that were hit by significant amounts of ice. 31 other homes sustained lesser damage, trees were downed, and other debris was blown across fields and into trees along the path as well. 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When lightning struck near central Colorado on . [2] The National Weather Service has determined that this storm was one of the three largest snowstorms to hit the inland areas of the northeastern United States since 1940.[3].