Winter Weather — Wind River Basin, Wyoming

2011-12-21 to 2011-12-22 · Wind River Basin, Wyoming

Event narrative

A 48-year-old woman was killed when her light truck rolled four times north of Shoshoni near milepost 105.6 on U.S. Highway 20. Several other accidents were reported including a three car pileup that sent three people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Wider weather episode

A storm system moved through central Wyoming bringing heavy snow to Casper Mountain and the Wind River Range and adjacent foothills. Two feet of snow fell on Casper Mountain with up to eight inches southeast of Casper. New snow totals of 18 inches fell in the southern Wind River Range. Lesser amounts of snow fell in the Wind River Basin, but the resulting road conditions made for dangerous travel. One fatal accident and several other injury accidents occurred on local highways in this region due to low visibility and deteriorated road conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 357332. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.