Winter Weather, Wyoming Black Hills
- When
- April 19, 2:00 AM MST to 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wyoming Black Hills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.215, -104.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Wyoming, April 19, 2020
A quick moving, but potent, upper level disturbance brought snow to far northeastern Wyoming. Snowfall of two to five inches fell across Crook County, especially over the Bear Lodge Mountains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
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 UNR wrote it up.
A quick moving, but potent, upper level disturbance brought snow to far northeastern Wyoming. Snowfall of two to five inches fell across Crook County, especially over the Bear Lodge Mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 19, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 19, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, April 19, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 19, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 19, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 19 to 20, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 19, 2020
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, April 2020
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: 880522.