The snowstorm of March 27 to 31, 2007

The Regional Snowfall Index is NOAA’s ranking of snowstorms east of the Rockies by how much snow fell, over how wide an area and on how many people, region by region: the area and the population above four snowfall thresholds set for each region, weighted against that region’s own history. A storm is scored in each region it reached, on a scale from 1, notable, to 5, extreme.

Events

82

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$391,000

Episodes

18

Every winter weather episode the Weather Service filed east of the Rockies in these dates. A few may belong to another system on the same days. 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.

• Blizzard in Alaska, March 25 to 26, 20074 eventsA moderately strong low with gusty northwest winds around the back side of the storm and snow resulted in blizzard coditions accross the Pribilof Islands to the Alaska Peninsula and along the Kuskokwim Delta coast.
• Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 26 to 27, 20071 eventA pacific storm system brought heavy snow to the central mountains.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, March 26 to 27, 2007$26,000 · 65 kt wind · 9 eventsA cold Pacific storm system dropped out of the Gulf of Alaska into California on the 26th and 27th, with snow levels as low as 2500 feet msl. Over a foot of snow fell on the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada, with 14 inches at Paradise Meadow (elevation 7650 msl).
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 26, 20071 eventA strong weather front moving east across the Arctic Ocean brought blizzard conditions to portions of the Arctic Coast.
• Heavy Snow in Montana, March 27 to 28, 20073 eventsA late winter storm brought heavy wet snow to portions of Southwest and North Central Montana, with around a foot measured at some high elevation Snotel sites. Power outages and numerous poles down were reported.
• Winter Weather in Wisconsin, March 27, 2007$300,000 · 1 eventOn March 27th, a large sink hole developed on State Street in Madison (Dane County) due to a large water main break. This was the 117th water main break in the city of Madison for March, 2007. Usually there is only about 6 to 12 in some of the rougher winter months.
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 27 to 28, 20071 eventSpring Snow along the Cross Sound and Icy Strait area: Although the arctic front had moved into the interior on Monday, 3/26 in this case, the low level air remained cold enough for snow as a moderate 1000 MB Low moved into the entire Gulf.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Utah, March 27 to 29, 200754 kt wind · 8 eventsA long-lived winter storm brought heavy snow and strong winds to the state. 1-2 feet of snow along with very strong winds buffeted the central and northern mountains.
• Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 28 to 29, 20077 eventsA winter storm system brought snow and strong winds to much of southeast Wyoming producing near blizzard conditions at times. One to 2 feet of snow was reported over the mountains, with drifts in excess of 6 feet also reported at a few locations.
• Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 28 to 30, 20076 eventsA powerful storm system moved across the region, bringing significant amounts of snowfall to northeastern Wyoming. Eight to 16 inches of snow fell across much of the area, with localized amounts near 24 inches across Campbell County.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 28 to 29, 20072 eventsA powerful Spring upper level low slowly moved across Central and Northern Wyoming during a 48 hour period . As a result, a heavy, prolonged precipitation event occurred. The precipitation started as rain but quickly changed over to snow.
• Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 29 to 30, 200710 eventsA powerful storm system moved across the region, bringing significant precipitation to western South Dakota. A mix of rain, freezing rain, and snow changed to snow across far western South Dakota during the morning as colder air moved in.
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 29, 20071 eventAn occlusion moving northeast over the Bering Sea brought strong winds and blizzard conditions to portions of the Bering Strait Coast and Saint Lawrence Island. Blizzard conditions were likely at Savoonga, as reported by the AWOS there.
• Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 29 to 30, 2007$40,000 · 6 eventsAn early spring storm spread a mix of freezing rain and heavy snow across southwest North Dakota Thursday night of March 29th through Friday morning of March 30th.
• Ice Storm in North Dakota, March 30, 2007$25,000 · 6 eventsAn early spring storm that brought heavy snow to southwest North Dakota, brought a mix of moderate freezing rain and light snow to south central North Dakota during the morning of Friday March 30th.
• Winter Weather in Montana, March 30, 20075 eventsAn upper low in Wyoming transported copious amounts of moisture into northeast Montana during the morning hours. A narrow band of heavy snowfall affected an area from Bainville southwest through Terry, and points east to the North Dakota border.
• Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 1, 20074 eventsA surface low tracked from southwest Minnesota into northern Wisconsin, while an inverted trough set up across northwest Minnesota. This brought about a 12 hour period of heavy snow in a band from Roseau to Red Lake Falls, where 6 to 6.5 inches of snow was reported.
• Heavy Snow in Montana, April 1 to 2, 20077 eventsA potent spring storm brought heavy snow to portions of North Central Montana.

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NOAA NCEI Regional Snowfall Index, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.