Wyoming, 2022Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 16, 2022
February 16, 2022 · NWS CYS · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A weak area of low pressure brought a brief period of light to moderate snow to a large part of southeast Wyoming. Snowfall amounts were generally less than 2 inches, but a few localized areas received 3 to 4 inches across primarily Converse and Niobrara Counties.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A weak area of low pressure brought a brief period of light to moderate snow to a large part of southeast Wyoming. Snowfall amounts were generally less than 2 inches, but a few localized areas received 3 to 4 inches across primarily Converse and Niobrara Counties. No significant impacts were recorded.
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 Feb 15, 9:42 PM MST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 9:42 PM MST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Converse County Lower Elevations
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Converse County Lower Elevations forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 42.972, -105.507 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Total snowfall accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches across the lower elevations of Converse County per multiple CoCoRaHS observers.
Winter Weather, Niobrara County
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Niobrara County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 43.057, -104.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A CoCoRaHS observer 1 S of Lusk reported a storm total snowfall of 4.0 inches.
Winter Weather, East Platte County
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- East Platte County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 42.133, -104.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Total snowfall accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches across eastern Platte County per multiple CoCoRaHS observers.
- 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.
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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: 1008322, 1008323, 1008324.