Winter Storm, Northeast Bighorn Mountains
- When
- October 9, 4:00 PM MST to October 12, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northeast Bighorn Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Winter Storm in Wyoming, October 9 to 12, 2008
A significant snowstorm brought heavy wet and record snowfall to the Billings Forecast Area. As an upper low dropped south into southern Nevada Friday, October 10th, before making a turn to the northeast reaching Eastern Montana on October 12th, persistent overrunning and upslope flow brought a long duration snow event to the forecast area.
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 significant snowstorm brought heavy wet and record snowfall to the Billings Forecast Area. As an upper low dropped south into southern Nevada Friday, October 10th, before making a turn to the northeast reaching Eastern Montana on October 12th, persistent overrunning and upslope flow brought a long duration snow event to the forecast area. Snowfall began in many areas on the evening of Thursday, October 9th and continued through Sunday, October 12th. The most intense portion of the storm with the heaviest snowfall rates occurred Saturday night October 11th into Sunday morning October 12th as the main upper low ejected out across the forecast area. With the high water content of the snow, many large tree limbs and power lines were brought down by the weight of the snow. Temperatures were also well below normal for this time of year. The following are snow totals received from Sheridan County:
Burgess Junction 17.0|Tie Creek Snotel 15.4|Burgess Junction Snotel 11.5|Sucker Creek Snotel 11.1|Dayton 11.0|Dome Lake Snotel 10.5|Big Goose Snotel 10.0|Dayton 11.9WNW 10.0|Story 9.0|Big Horn 7.6|Sheridan 3.8.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Sheridan Foothills
- When
- October 9, 5:00 PM MST to October 12, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sheridan Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, October 9, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 9 to 10, 2008
- Winter Storm in Montana, October 9 to 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, October 9, 2008
- High Wind in California, October 9 to 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, October 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 9, 2008
- Strong Wind and Frost and Freeze in California, October 9 to 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, October 9, 2008
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, October 9, 2008
- High Wind in Arizona, October 9 to 10, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, October 9, 2008
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, October 2008
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: 137147, 137148.