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Winter Storm in Northeast Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Winter Storm February 20, 2023 – February 22, 2023 · Northeast Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe driving conditions were reported. Highway 14 was closed.

The wider storm

An arctic front moved across the Billings Forecast Area. This was followed by a moist flow aloft off the Pacific. This moist flow aloft produced a multi-day overrunning snow event across northern Wyoming. Sheridan County received heavy snow accumulations.

The storm impacted travel across the area. Interstate 90 was shut down from Sheridan to Gillette for nearly a day.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1075678. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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