GREELEY, Colo. — A winter storm that began Friday and continued overnight into Saturday left Greeley with its largest snowfall during a single event since 2006.
Initial totals showed Greeley received 12 inches of snow between 8 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Saturday due to a localized band of snow that sat over the area for hours. The highest reported total went up to 13.5 inches, which is currently the city's seventh-largest two-day on record.
9NEWS Meteorologist Chris Bianchi says that Greeley saw about 40% of its annual snowfall during the six hours the band was dumping snow. For the rest of the season combined, only 11.7 inches have fallen.
The band of snow that sat over downtown Greeley was so localized that just five miles south, there were reports of as little as a few inches were reported.
The final total could grow as light to moderate snow is expected to fall most of Saturday along the Front Range.
A Winter Strom Warning issued for Saturday includes the Greeley area.
Most areas will probably see 1-4 inches of additional accumulation before the snow ends around midnight Saturday. However, a few areas south and east of town could see a bit more than that.
9NEWS reporter Steve Staeger was in Greeley Saturday morning to assess the aftermath of the massive snowfall.
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