Heavy Snow, E Sheridan
- When
- January 11, 2:00 AM MST to January 12, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- E Sheridan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 11 to 12, 2000
Moisture rotating around a Pacific low pressure system produced heavy snow across Sheridan County Wyoming as the low moved east across Central Wyoming. This system produced 22 inches of new snow at Burgess Junction.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Moisture rotating around a Pacific low pressure system produced heavy snow across Sheridan County Wyoming as the low moved east across Central Wyoming. This system produced 22 inches of new snow at Burgess Junction. Other snowfall totals included, 17 inches in Dayton, 16 inches in Big Horn, 13 inches in Sherdidan and 11 inches in Story.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, W Sheridan
- When
- January 11, 2:00 AM MST to January 12, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Sheridan forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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.
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More
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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: 5128086, 5128087.