Heavy Snow, Gillette
- When
- March 4, 4:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Gillette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4, 1998
A heavy snow event occurred during the early morning and afternoon hours resulting in snow amounts of five to eight inches over northeast Wyoming including the Wyoming Black Hills.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 UNR wrote it up.
A heavy snow event occurred during the early morning and afternoon hours resulting in snow amounts of five to eight inches over northeast Wyoming including the Wyoming Black Hills.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Moorcroft
- When
- March 4, 4:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Moorcroft forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.589, -104.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wyoming Black Hills
- When
- March 4, 4:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wyoming Black Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.215, -104.569 (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
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Idaho, March 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Idaho, March 4, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5639327, 5639328, 5639329.