Winter Storm, Wind River Mountains East
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM MST to April 27, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wind River Mountains East forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 42.904, -109.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Wyoming, April 26 to 27, 2024
Low pressure passed east of the area and favorable northeasterly upslope flow brought heavy snow to the Wind River Mountains above 8000 feet. The Deer Park, Hobbs Park and St.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 RIW wrote it up.
Low pressure passed east of the area and favorable northeasterly upslope flow brought heavy snow to the Wind River Mountains above 8000 feet. The Deer Park, Hobbs Park and St. Lawrence Alt SNOTEL sites received 12 to 15 inches of new snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 26, 2024
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 26 to 28, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 26, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 2024
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 26 to 27, 2024
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 26, 2024
- Heavy Snow and Damaging Winds in Arizona, April 26 to 27, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 26 to 27, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 26, 2024
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, April 2024
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: 1170685.