Heavy Snow, Snowy Range
- When
- March 14, 5:00 PM MST to March 15, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 14 to 15, 1997
Heavy snow fell over southeast and south central Wyoming. Sixteen inches fell at Elk Mountain in the Snowy Range and 15 inches fell at the Ames Monument in the Laramie Range.
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 southeast and south central Wyoming. Sixteen inches fell at Elk Mountain in the Snowy Range and 15 inches fell at the Ames Monument in the Laramie Range. Ten inches fell at the Snowy Range ski area and Laramie received 7 inches.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Laramie Range
- When
- March 14, 5:00 PM MST to March 15, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow, North Laramie Range
- When
- March 14, 5:00 PM MST to March 15, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Laramie Valley
- When
- March 14, 5:00 PM MST to March 15, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
Heavy Snow, North Carbon
- When
- March 14, 5:00 PM MST to March 15, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Carbon 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 in New York, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 14, 1997
- Tornado in South Carolina, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, March 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in Pennsylvania, March 14 to 15, 1997
- Tornado in South Carolina, March 14, 1997
- Flooding in Michigan, March 14, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Michigan, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 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: 5596503, 5596504, 5596505, 5596506, 5596507.