8 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell over much of south-central and southeast Wyoming over a 2 day period. Elk Mountain, WY, reported 12 to 14 inches, while Cheyenne, WY, recorded a record 10.5 inches. Interstate 80 between Laramie and Rock Springs, WY, was closed during much of the storm, stranding up to 1200 travelers, mostly in Rawlins, WY.
Heavy snow fell over south central and southeast Wyoming over a 2 day period, with5 to 9 inches common. Elk Mountain, WY, reported 12 to 14 inches of snow while Cheyenne, WY, recorded a record 10.5 inches. Interstate 80 between Laramie and Rock Springs, WY, was closed during much of the storm, stranding up to 1200 travelers, mostly in Rawlins, WY.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, September 2000
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: 5170433, 5170434, 5170435, 5170436, 5170437, 5170438, 5170439, 5170440.