Wyoming, 2024Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 26 to 27, 2024
February 26 to 27, 2024 · NWS CYS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
5 feet of new snow in the Snowy Range and nearly 10 inches in the higher elevations of the Sierra Madres late on the 26th through the 27th.
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- 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.
Another round of mountain snowfall led to upwards of 1.5 feet of new snow in the Snowy Range and nearly 10 inches in the higher elevations of the Sierra Madres late on the 26th through the 27th.
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 26, 10:35 PM MST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 10:35 PM MST, 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 2:31 PM MST, 8 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
231 PM MST Mon Feb 26 2024
NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-272145-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen County-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-Southwest Carbon County-
Sierra Madre Range-Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-
Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills-
Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
231 PM MST Mon Feb 26 2024
This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
Widespread strong winds continue today with High Wind Warnings
running through this afternoon.
Fire weather threat continues this afternoon with Red Flag
Warnings in effect for the Nebraska Panhandle.
Colder temperatures and snow tonight into Tuesday with 1-2 feet
of snowfall expected in the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
Snow accumulations of Trace to 3 inches possible for lower
elevations Tuesday. Expecting single digit temperatures Tuesday
night.
High wind potential returns Tuesday night through Wednesday.
.Spotter information statement...
Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 26, 5:06 PM MST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Snowy Range
- When
- February 26, 11:00 PM MST to February 27, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.675, -106.327 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Med Bow SNOTEL (elevation 10510 feet) in the Snowy Range estimated 17.5 inches of snowfall. Nearby SNOTELs received 9 to 12 inches of snow accumulation.
Winter Weather, Sierra Madre Range
- When
- February 26, 11:00 PM MST to February 27, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sierra Madre Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.695, -106.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blackhall Mountain SNOTEL (elevation 9820 feet) in the Sierra Madre Range estimated 9.6 inches of snowfall.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- 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.
- Wildfire and High Wind in Texas, February 26 to 29, 20242 deaths · $310 million · 61 kt wind · 36 events
- Dust Storm and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 26 to 27, 20241 death · 3 injured · $500,000 · 70 kt wind · 28 events
- Wildfire in Nebraska, February 26 to 29, 2024$2.2 million · 2 events
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, February 26 to 29, 2024$174,000 · 2 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, February 26 to 28, 202457 kt wind · 23 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 26 to 28, 202452 kt wind · 18 events
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 26 to 28, 202412 events
- Avalanche and High Wind in Utah, February 26 to 27, 20241 injured · $5,000 · 76 kt wind · 4 events
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Idaho, February 26 to 27, 2024$1,000 · 59 kt wind · 8 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, February 26 to 27, 202465 kt wind · 7 events
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 26 to 27, 20245 events
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 26, 202457 kt wind · 4 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: 1154430, 1154431.