Heavy Snow, W Sheridan
- When
- May 15, 11:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Sheridan forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, May 15, 1999
The Sheridan County sheriff office reported up to 10 inches of snow fell in the Northeast Big Horn mountains. Burgess Junction picked up 8 inches of new snow.
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.
The Sheridan County sheriff office reported up to 10 inches of snow fell in the Northeast Big Horn mountains. Burgess Junction picked up 8 inches of new snow.
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
- Hail in Nebraska, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 15, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 15 to 21, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 15, 1999
- Cold in California, May 15 to 16, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, May 1999
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: 5694536.