Blizzard, Northeast Johnson County
- When
- March 15, 4:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Johnson County forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.039, -106.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Wyoming, March 15, 1996
Brief heavy snow and strong winds caused blizzard conditions for a time over parts of central Wyoming.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Brief heavy snow and strong winds caused blizzard conditions for a time over parts of central Wyoming.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains
- When
- March 15, 4:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.002, -109.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Jackson Hole
- When
- March 15, 4:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson Hole forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -110.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Wind River Mountains East
- When
- March 15, 4:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wind River Mountains East forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.904, -109.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 15, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 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: 5540086, 5540087, 5540088, 5540089.