Heavy Snow, Cody Foothills / Part of E Park
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cody Foothills / Part of E Park forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.524, -108.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 28 to 29, 1998
Heavy snow with little wind. Heaviest amounts of snow reported were over 2 feet in Sinks Canyon southwest of Lander, 1 to 1 1/2 feet in the Lander and Thermopolis areas, and near a foot in the Riverton and Casper areas.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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 RIW wrote it up.
Heavy snow with little wind. Heaviest amounts of snow reported were over 2 feet in Sinks Canyon southwest of Lander, 1 to 1 1/2 feet in the Lander and Thermopolis areas, and near a foot in the Riverton and Casper areas.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Kemmerer / S Lincoln
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kemmerer / S Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.041, -108.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lander Foothills / C Fremont
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lander Foothills / C Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.002, -109.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Natrona / Natrona Except X Se
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Natrona / Natrona Except X Se forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.904, -109.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Owl Creek Mountains / S Hot Springs
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Owl Creek Mountains / S Hot Springs forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.695, -107.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, South Big Horn Basin / N Hot Springs / W Washakie
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Big Horn Basin / N Hot Springs / W Washakie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.635, -107.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Star Valley / W Lincoln
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Star Valley / W Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.041, -108.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wind River Basin / Nc and E Fremont
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wind River Basin / Nc and E Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -110.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wind River Mtns East / Wc Fremont
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM MST to March 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wind River Mtns East / Wc Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.039, -106.585 (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
- Flash Flood in Arizona, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, March 28 to 29, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Flood and Hail in California, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in Ohio, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in New York, March 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 28 to 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 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: 5632776, 5632777, 5632778, 5632779, 5632780, 5632781, 5632782, 5632783, 5632784.