Wyoming, 2001

Winter Storm in Wyoming, May 2 to 3, 2001

May 2 to 3, 2001 · NWS CYS · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 8:50 AM MST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:50 AM MST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
950 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001

RIGHT QUAD OF H3 JET STILL HELPING TO PRODUCE BANDED SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SE WY...WITH MAINLY RAIN IN THE SRN
PANHANDLE.  NEXT PIECE OF UPR ENERGY ALREADY CREATING NEW AREA OF
ENHANCED CLOUDINESS IN IR IMAGERY JUST WEST OF THE FA.  PCPN SHOULD
FILL IN AND MAY BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTN OVR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SE WY AS S/WV ENERGY PUSHES EAST.  AS A RESULT OF THIS...WL
UPGRADE WATCHES TO WARNINGS ACRS SRN FA.  GIVEN INCREASING SNOW
CHANCES ACROSS WY ZNS 67>68-70 TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WL HOIST A
WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS.

NEW WSW WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

.CYS...
WY...WNTR STM WARNING  THIS AFTN INTO THU  SE MTNS  ZNS 63..66.
     WNTR STM WARNING  THIS AFTN INTO THU   PARTS SE/S CNTRL
     ZNS 61..65..69.
     WNTR STM WATCH  TONIGHT AND THU   PARTS SE  ZNS 67>68..70

NE...NONE.

JK

Event by event

5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie

When
May 2, 9:00 AM MST to May 3, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Winter Storm, Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie

When
May 2, 9:00 AM MST to May 3, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Winter Storm, Laramie Valley / Wc and Sw Albany

When
May 2, 9:00 AM MST to May 3, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Laramie Valley / Wc and Sw Albany forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Winter Storm, Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany

When
May 2, 9:00 AM MST to May 3, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Winter Storm, Southwest Carbon

When
May 2, 9:00 AM MST to May 3, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Southwest Carbon forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

A strong late-season winter storm brought heavy snow to much of south central and southeast Wyoming, with blizzard conditions in the Rawlins, WY area. Snowfall from6 to 12 inches was common from Rawlins to Cheyenne with winds gusting in excess of40 mph.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Wyoming in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, May 2001

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: 5241259, 5241260, 5241261, 5241262, 5241263.