Winter Weather, Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie
- When
- December 9, 6:00 AM MST to 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Winter Weather in Wyoming, December 9, 1998
Icy roads brought the closure of Interstate 25 from Cheyenne south to the Colorado border. 6 traffic accidents occured on Interstate 25 and 3 occured on Interstate 80 on the icy roads.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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 CYS wrote it up.
Icy roads brought the closure of Interstate 25 from Cheyenne south to the Colorado border. 6 traffic accidents occured on Interstate 25 and 3 occured on Interstate 80 on the icy roads. One person in one of the accidents sustained minor facial injuries.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, December 9, 1998
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, December 9 to 10, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 10, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 9 to 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 9, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 9 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Arizona, December 9, 1998
- High Wind in Utah, December 9, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, December 1998
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: 5677401.