Heavy Snow, Cheyenne
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Measured
- 8
- Coordinates
- 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kansas, February 23 to 24, 1997
Heavy snow blanketed northwest and portions of west central Kansas. Schools were closed in many areas.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- 13
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 GLD wrote it up.
Heavy snow blanketed northwest and portions of west central Kansas. Schools were closed in many areas. It was the heaviest snow of the winter season. Heaviest snowfall (inches) in each county was Cheyenne 10, Rawlins 8, Decatur 11, Norton 10, Sherman 12, Thomas 10, Sheridan 12, Graham 10, Wallace 11, Logan 12, Gove 10, Greeley 8, Wichita 10.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Rawlins
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rawlins forecast zone
- Measured
- 8
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Decatur
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Decatur forecast zone
- Measured
- 11
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Norton
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Norton forecast zone
- Measured
- 10
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -99.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sherman
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Measured
- 12
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Thomas
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Thomas forecast zone
- Measured
- 10
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sheridan
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sheridan forecast zone
- Measured
- 11
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Graham
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Measured
- 10
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wallace
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wallace forecast zone
- Measured
- 11
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Logan
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Measured
- 12
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gove
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gove forecast zone
- Measured
- 10
- Coordinates
- 38.916, -100.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Greeley
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greeley forecast zone
- Measured
- 8
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wichita
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST to February 24, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Measured
- 10
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- High Wind in California, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Weather in Alaska, February 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 1997
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: 5589040, 5589041, 5589042, 5589043, 5589044, 5589045, 5589046, 5589047, 5589048, 5589049, 5589050, 5589051, 5589052.