Blizzard, Northeast Big Horn Mountains
- When
- February 25, 8:00 PM MST to February 26, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Big Horn Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Blizzard in Wyoming, February 25 to 26, 2000
A strong low pressure system crossed Southern Wyoming on the evening of the 24th then moved into Western Nebraska on the morning of the 25th before slowly tracking northeast into Central South Dakota by afternoon. Wrap around moisture from this system produced heavy snow across the northeast Big Horn Mountains in Sheridan County Wyoming.
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.
A strong low pressure system crossed Southern Wyoming on the evening of the 24th then moved into Western Nebraska on the morning of the 25th before slowly tracking northeast into Central South Dakota by afternoon. Wrap around moisture from this system produced heavy snow across the northeast Big Horn Mountains in Sheridan County Wyoming. Burgess Junction received 28 inches of new snow in 21 hours on the 24th and 25th. In addition to the heavy snowfall, gusty northwest winds of 30 to 45 mph combined with the snow to reduce visibility to near zero and produce blizzard conditions.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, February 25, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 25, 2000
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 25 to 27, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 25, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 25, 2000
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 2000
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: 5128103.