Heavy Snow, W Sheridan
- When
- September 19, 12:00 AM MST to 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Sheridan forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, September 19, 1997
6 inches of snowfall reported by spotter at Burgess Junction.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 BYZ wrote it up.
6 inches of snowfall reported by spotter at Burgess Junction.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado and Flooding in Wisconsin, September 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 19, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, September 19, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Illinois, September 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Utah, September 19, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1997
- Heat in Georgia, September 19, 1997
- Heat in Alabama, September 19, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, September 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5613836.