A strong early spring storm moving from the Four Corners region into northeast Colorado brought copious amounts of snow.  Some of the higher snow totals include the following...6 to 10 inches northwest of Canon City in Fremont county...at Antonito in Conejos county...in the Black Forest area of northern El Paso county...around Florissant in Teller county...around Kim in eastern Las Animas county...and in the Creede area of Mineral county...12 to 18 inches at Buena Vista in Chaffee county...near Divide in Teller county...around Woodland Park in Teller county...around Trinidad in Las Animas county... around Westcliffe in Custer county...around Del Norte in Rio Grande county...and at Maysville in Chaffee county... 2 feet around Beulah and Rye in Pueblo county...west and northwest of Westcliffe in Custer county...31 inches at La Veta...and in the Walsenburg area in Huerfano county...34 inches inundated the area 6 miles north-northwest of Aguilar...and the highest reported snow amount at Cuchara in Huerfano county with 38 inches.  Several of the locations that received in excess of 24 inches of snow...also had water equivalents in excess of 3 inches.  There were numerous power outages in the heaviest snow areas...including the Wet Mountain Valley around Westcliffe where power was lost from 12 hours to 4 days.  At the height of the outage...around 6000 customers were without electricity.

Winter Storm in SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Winter Storm in NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Winter Storm in SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 & 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 & 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 20:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in TRINIDAD VICINITY / LOWER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN & WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 20:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY / EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in DEL NORTE VICINITY / NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WALSENBURG VICINITY / UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 19:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY / MONUMENT RIDGE / RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 & 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 19:00:00 to 23-APR-04 19:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Winter Storm in EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY / WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 9000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 20:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Winter Storm in SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Winter Storm in WEST / CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 19:00:00 to 23-APR-04 19:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WESTCLIFFE VICINITY / WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Winter Storm in NORTHWEST FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 20:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 19:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Winter Storm in EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 17:00:00 to 23-APR-04 18:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 10000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 21:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in TELLER COUNTY / RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT / PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 & 11000 FT, COLORADO
From 22-APR-04 18:00:00 to 23-APR-04 19:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER