Heavy Snow, Sheridan Foothills
- When
- January 27, 1:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 27, 2000
A slow moving low pressure trough crossed Northern Wyoming during the morning of the 27th. Moisture associated with this system produced heavy snowfall across Sheridan County.
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.
A slow moving low pressure trough crossed Northern Wyoming during the morning of the 27th. Moisture associated with this system produced heavy snowfall across Sheridan County. Story received 14 inches of new snowfall. Big Horn received 7 inches and Sheridan picked up 6 inches.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northeast Big Horn Mountains
- When
- January 27, 1:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Big Horn Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5128089, 5128090.