Blizzard, Southwest Carbon
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
Blizzard in Wyoming, January 23 to 24, 1996
Widespread blowing snow created near zero visibilities over the south central part of the state. Interstate 80 was closed during that time from Walcott Junction to Laramie.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Widespread blowing snow created near zero visibilities over the south central part of the state. Interstate 80 was closed during that time from Walcott Junction to Laramie.
Event by event
6 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, North Carbon
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
Blizzard, Snowy Range
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
Blizzard, North Laramie Range
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
Blizzard, Laramie Valley
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
Blizzard, Laramie Range
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, January 23, 1996
- Flooding in Ohio, January 23 to 30, 1996
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 23 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in Tennessee, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536751, 5536752, 5536753, 5536754, 5536755, 5536756.