Heavy Snow, Laramie Range
- When
- April 24, 1:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 24, 1997
Heavy snow fell over the Snowy Range in addition to over and east of the Laramie Range. Buford received 10 inches and Cheyenne received 8 inches while accumulations in the mountains were generally 8 to 10 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Heavy snow fell over the Snowy Range in addition to over and east of the Laramie Range. Buford received 10 inches and Cheyenne received 8 inches while accumulations in the mountains were generally 8 to 10 inches.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- April 24, 1:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Snowy Range
- When
- April 24, 1:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow, North Laramie Range
- When
- April 24, 1:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Platte
- When
- April 24, 1:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
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 and High Wind in New Mexico, April 24 to 25, 1997
- Cold in Texas, April 24 to 27, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 24 to 25, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, April 24, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 24, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, April 24, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, April 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5592512, 5592513, 5592514, 5592515, 5592516.