Wyoming, 2019Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 6 to 7, 2019
March 6 to 7, 2019 · NWS CYS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
As low level moisture advection in the region coupled with frontogenesis and strong jet flow aloft, snow bands formed across the region producing areas of heavy snow. The mountains of the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre Range measured over a foot of snow above 9000 feet with areas across Goshen and Niobrara Counties with over six inches.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
As low level moisture advection in the region coupled with frontogenesis and strong jet flow aloft, snow bands formed across the region producing areas of heavy snow. The mountains of the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre Range measured over a foot of snow above 9000 feet with areas across Goshen and Niobrara Counties with over six inches.
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 Mar 5, 9:59 PM MST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 9:59 PM MST, 2 hours 1 minute before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 3:14 PM MST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Heavy Snow, Snowy Range
- When
- March 6, 12:00 AM MST to March 7, 2:04 AM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.675, -106.327 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Medicine Bow sensor at elevation of 10,500 feet measured 1.90 inches of snow-water equivalent. Using a snow-to-liquid ratio of ten to one, estimated snowfall calculated to be 19.0 inches.
Heavy Snow, Sierra Madre Range
- When
- March 6, 12:00 AM MST to March 7, 2:04 AM MST
- Where
- Sierra Madre Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.695, -106.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Old Battle sensor at elevation of 10,000 feet measured a snow water equivalent of 1.60 inches. Using a snow to liquid ratio of ten to one, calculated estimated snowfall of 16.0 inches reported.
Heavy Snow, Goshen County
- When
- March 6, 7:00 AM MST to March 7, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Goshen County forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 42.088, -104.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Observer DDEW4 located ten miles east of Jay Em measured 7.4 inches of snowfall.
Heavy Snow, Niobrara County
- When
- March 6, 8:00 AM MST to March 7, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Niobrara County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 43.057, -104.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Observer located one mile south-southeast of Lusk measured 6.5 inches of snow.
- 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.
- Wildfire and High Wind in New Mexico, March 6 to 8, 20192 injured · $500,000 · 58 kt wind · 8 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 201915 events
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, March 6 to 11, 201985 kt wind · 11 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 6 to 7, 201910 events
- High Wind in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 201965 kt wind · 7 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 6 to 7, 20196 events
- Winter Storm and Avalanche in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 20195 events
- Cold in West Virginia, March 6, 20194 events
- Cold in Virginia, March 6, 20194 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Utah, March 6 to 9, 20194 events
- Flash Flood and Flooding in California, March 6, 20194 events
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 20193 events
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: 808742, 808743, 808744, 808745.