Heavy Snow — Southwest Carbon, Wyoming
November 9, 1997 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$8K
Area
Southwest Carbon
Event narrative (NOAA)
An 81-year-old Rawlins man died when his car slid off an icy Rawlins street, crashed through a small fence and tumbled over a 17-foot retaining wall, landing on its roof. Several inches of snow fell 11/09, making roads slick.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.