Wyoming, 2007

Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 7 to 8, 2007

December 7 to 8, 2007 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Southwest Wyoming was hit by the same moist Pacific system that impacted Utah over a four-day period. Rain changed to snow on the night of December 6th and continued falling into the 8th.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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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 SLC wrote it up.

Southwest Wyoming was hit by the same moist Pacific system that impacted Utah over a four-day period. Rain changed to snow on the night of December 6th and continued falling into the 8th.

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 Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 6, 4:31 PM MST, 12 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 4:31 PM MST, 12 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 5:58 AM MST, 23 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
558 AM MST THU DEC 6 2007

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-071300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
558 AM MST THU DEC 6 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BREAK
OUT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS LOWER
ELEVATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

HEAVY RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
FAR SOUTHERN UTAH...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS.

BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS PENDING WINTER STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Uinta

When
December 7, 5:00 AM MST to December 8, 12:00 PM MST
Where
Uinta forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.288, -110.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Evanston, Wyoming received 6 inches of snow in 12 hours.

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

More

Every storm in Wyoming in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, December 2007

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: 68344.